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Search & recovery a huge task in PNG’s Southern Highlands
25 January 2012
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Papua New Guinea officials are still reluctant to estimate the number of people killed by a landslide in the remote Southern Highlands region.
Reports from PNG say dozens of people may have been buried by the kilometre-long landslide, near Tari .. with some local media putting the death toll at over 100 .. although this has NOT confirmed by authorities.
Asia Pacific understands at least 26 names of people listed as missing, have been given to local authorities.
Continuing wet weather is also likely to hamper search and rescue efforts.
Andrew Alphonse, senior reporter from the PNG Post Courier spent the day Tumbi village .. and he spoke to Asia Pacific on his mobile phone.
Presenter: Sen Lam
Speaker: Andrew Alphonse, senior reporter, POST-COURIER newspaper, PNG, Tari, Southern Highlands
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