Landslide in PNG

[Kanye Wyoming]

@Joe in PNG, you okay? Assuming so, any insight?

Death Toll in Papua New Guinea Landslide Estimated to Be at Least 670

At least 670 people are assumed to have died after a landslide in Papua New Guinea, according to a local United Nations official. The landslide hit a rural region of the island nation early Friday, but search-and-rescue efforts have been hampered by difficulty in reaching the disaster site and by the hazard that the shifting ground continues to pose.

This danger has prompted many survivors to abandon their homes, according to Serhan Aktoprak, the chief of mission at the International Organization for Migration’s office in Papua New Guinea, who estimated that over 250 houses were abandoned and that roughly 1,250 people were displaced.

The region, in Enga Province, is densely populated, according to local officials, and has a young population. The authorities fear that many of the fatalities will be children under 15.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/26/w...smid=url-share

[awp_101]

@Joe in PNG, you okay?

I saw that just a bit ago and had the same thought. Praying he's OK!

[Coyotesfan97]

Isn’t Joe in Australia on a vacation right now?

[Joe in PNG]

Back in the USA for the summer, so I'm fine.

Sadly, it's not the first major landslip of the year either- just the biggest so far.

[Joe in PNG]

The funny thing is that most PNG news is concerned more with the upcoming Vote of No Confidence.

The landslip isn't even on today's webpage of the Post Courier.

[Tabasco]

Back in the USA for the summer, so I'm fine.

Sadly, it's not the first major landslip of the year either- just the biggest so far.

What's summer like in PNG? I'm guessing no fun?

[Joe in PNG]

What's summer like in PNG? I'm guessing no fun?

There's pretty much only two seasons- Wet and Dry. Wet is pretty much constant, especially up in the Highlands- not to hot, not to cold.
Dry goes from pretty cold in the morning to bloody hot in the afternoon. No where as hot as Florida.