Landslide kills more than 100 people in Papua New Guinea village

Elizabeth Laruma, who runs a women’s business association in Porgera, a town in the same province near the Porgera Gold Mine, said village houses were flattened when the side of a mountain gave way.

“It has occurred when people were still asleep in the early hours, and the entire village has gone down,” Ms Laruma told ABC. 

“From what I can presume, it’s about 100-plus people who are buried beneath the ground.”