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Fears of second PNG landslide and disease outbreak

Melbourne | Authorities fear a second landslide and a disease outbreak are looming at the scene of Papua New Guinea’s mass-casualty disaster because of water streams and bodies trapped in tonnes of debris that swept over a village, a United Nations official says.

The blanket of debris has become more unstable with recent rain and streams trapped between the ground and rubble, Serhan Aktoprak, chief of the International Organisation for Migration’s mission in Papua New Guinea, said on Tuesday.

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