<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Papua New Guinea informed the UN today that more than 2,000 people were buried in a massive landslide that swept over a remote village, according to a copy of the letter obtained by AFP.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“The landslide buried more than 2,000 people alive and caused major destruction,” the country’s national disaster centre told the UN office in the capital Port Moresby.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A once-bustling remote hillside village in Enga province was almost wiped out when a chunk of Mount Mungalo collapsed in the early hours of Friday morning, burying scores of homes and the people sleeping inside them.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The landslide caused “major destruction to buildings, food gardens and caused major impact on the economic lifeline of the country”, the disaster office said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The main highway to Porgera Mine was “completely blocked”, it said in the letter, which was received by UN officials on Monday morning.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“The situation remains unstable as the landslip continue to shift slowly, posing ongoing danger to both the rescue teams and survivors alike.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The scale of the catastrophe required “immediate and collaborative actions from all players”, it said, including the army, and national and regional responders.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It called on UN to inform Papua New Guinea’s development partners “and other international friends” of the latest situation.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Assistance should be coordinated through the disaster centre, it said. - AFP</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd/fas</div>