{"id":4334,"date":"2020-12-31T04:07:28","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T04:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=144919"},"modified":"2020-12-31T04:07:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T04:07:28","slug":"bad-weather-hampers-png-landslide-relief-two-bodies-found-13-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2020\/12\/31\/bad-weather-hampers-png-landslide-relief-two-bodies-found-13-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad weather hampers PNG landslide relief \u2013 two bodies found, 13 missing"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>Villager rescuers at Saki landslide site try to search for survivors or bodies. Image: PNG Bulletin<\/div>\n
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By Harlyne Joku in Port Moresby
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Bad weather has delayed the second relief supplies drop to Papua New Guinea\u2019s landslide victims at Saki village near the former Tolukuma gold mine in Woitape, Goilala, in Central province.<\/p>\n

Acting Provincial Administrator Francis Koaba confirmed that yesterday a provincial disaster team and supplies, including digging tools and chainsaws, were provided to assist in retrieving the buried bodies.<\/p>\n

Koaba also confirmed that 13 people were still buried in a landslide that swept down on the hut as they were sleeping at dawn on Monday.<\/p>\n

Only two bodies have been recovered.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs of yesterday, information received from the Member for Goilala William Samb on site is that a total of 15 people were buried alive in the landslide. Two were uncovered and 13 unaccounted for,\u201d Koaba said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis morning the Disaster Team and supplies, including digging tools and chainsaws, were dispatched to the site by the Central Province Administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe second flight this afternoon has been deferred to tomorrow [Thursday] due to bad weather,\u201d Koaba said.<\/p>\n

The Saki hamlet is a three hour walk across rugged and deep gorges from the former Tolukuma gold mine.<\/p>\n

Saki has become a small hub where an estimated 3000 small scale alluvial gold miners from surrounding villages camp to pan for gold.<\/p>\n

Harlyne Joku is a Papua New Guinean journalist. This article is republished with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n

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