Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea –
Papua New Guinea authorities have warned there is a high risk of more landslides at the site of a recent deadly disaster, with government experts demanding the area be evacuated and declared a ‘no-go zone’.
An internal draft report from Papua New Guinea’s mining and geohazards department, obtained by AFP on Tuesday, warns that the highland community, where hundreds of people are expected to have been killed by May 24, needs to be cleared of people urgently.
“This area should be declared a no-go zone,” the report warns, citing a litany of risks from further landslides, teetering boulders and underground flows.
