James Marape says the estimated death toll is more than 2,000 people, as rescue efforts in Enga province continue
Guardian staff and agencies
Wed 29 May 2024 01.22 EDT
Papua New Guinea’s prime minister James Marape has blamed “extraordinary rainfall” and changes to weather patterns for multiple disasters in the Pacific Island nation this year, including a landslide last week which may have killed thousands.
Parts of a mountain in the Maip-Mulitaka area in Enga province in PNG’s north collapsed in the early hours of last…
