STORY: UN official says unlikely to find more survivors from PNG landslide
SHOOTING TIME: May 29, 2024
DATELINE: May 29, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:04
LOCATION: Port Moresby
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the site of the landslide
2. STANDUP (English): EMMANUEL VINCENT ERALIA, Xinhua Reporter
3. various of the site of the landslide
4. SOUNDBITE: Local resident
5. various of the site of the landslide

STORYLINE:

STANDUP (English): EMMANUEL VINCENT ERALIA, Xinhua Reporter
"It is mid-day here in Yambali Village in the Enga Province. As you can see from my background, these are the locals that are volunteering to dig up the bodies of their loved ones without the help of any heavy machineries. Meanwhile, the provincial disaster committee has established two care centers. And the people are being moved there where they are being provided with food, clean drinking water, and other necessities."

The Papua New Guinea National Disaster Center has confirmed that more than 2,000 people were buried alive after a massive landslide occurred in Enga Province last week.

Thousands of residents were being evacuated from the still-active landslide on Tuesday.

On the same day, a UN official said it is "highly unlikely" to find any more survivors from the landslide more than four days after the disaster.

SOUNDBITE: Local resident
"I won't see the bodies of most of my family members. The big rocks have totally covered them. I know their bodies have already decayed. So I will have to forget them and plant a tree to remember them."

According to a UN media release, the total affected population, including those in need of possible evacuation and relocation, is estimated at 7,849 individuals.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Port Moresby.
(XHTV)