Fears rise of a second landslide at site of Papua New Guinea disaster
The U.N. International Organization for Migration has officials at the scene in Enga province helping shelter 1,600 displaced people.
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The U.N. International Organization for Migration has officials at the scene in Enga province helping shelter 1,600 displaced people.
Thousands more are being told to prepare to evacuate, officials said.
Relocating survivors to safer ground has been a priority for days and evacuation centers have been established on either side of the debris heap, which is up to 8 meters (26 feet) high and sprawling over an area the U.N. says is equivalent to three or four football fields.
A collapsed mountainside left a debris field 20-26 feet deep, covering 77 square miles
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