Rescuers temporarily shut down electrical equipment and machines used in search operations due to the rain over the weekend, making recovery operations more difficult.
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Fears rise of a second landslide and the spread of disease in Papua New Guinea
The blanket of debris covering a village has become more unstable with rain and streams trapped under it, officials say, and villagers digging with bare hands through muddy rubble is also concerning.
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Papua New Guinea tells the U.N. that a landslide buried more than 2,000 people
The government figure is roughly triple the U.N. estimate of victims killed in the South Pacific island nation’s interior. Estimates of the casualties have varied widely since the disaster occurred.
