Australian to Send PNG $2.5 Million Aid Package for Landslide Disaster

‘As a close neighbour and friend, we will be doing all we can to provide support,’ Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles said.

Locals gather amid the damage after a landslide in Maip Mulitaka, Enga province, Papua New Guinea in this obtained image on May 24, 2024. Emmanuel Eralia via Reuters

Time is running out to find survivors of a huge landslide that buried many hundreds of people in a remote Papua New Guinea (PNG) village as Australia prepares a $2.5 million (US$1.67 million) aid package to assist.

PNG’s National Disaster Centre said more than 2,000 people had been buried alive by the landslide in remote Enga province on May 24.