People cross over the landslide area to get to the other side in Yambali village, Papua New Guinea, on Friday. An emergency response is underway, officials in the South Pacific island nation said.
The landslide struck Enga province, about 600 kilometres northwest of the capital, Port Moresby, at roughly 3 a.m., Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported. Residents from surrounding areas said boulders and trees from a collapsed mountainside buried parts of the community and left it isolated.
Residents said that estimates of the death toll were above 100, although authorities haven't confirmed that figure. Some villagers and local media reports said the number of people killed might be much higher, though they did not cite sources.
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