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Officials fear disease and disaster for Papua New Guinea after landslide

Papua New Guinea’s government says landslide buried 2,000 people

AP Reporters

Authorities fear a second landslide and a disease outbreak are looming at the scene of Papua New Guinea’s mass-casualty disaster.

Waterways could be at risk of contamination from disaster debris and the rotting corpses of those that remain in the rubble, a United Nations official said on Tuesday.