Papua New Guinea landslide death toll exceeds 670, says UN agency

More than 150 homes believed to have been buried by Friday’s landslide, as tribal warfare threatens rescue effort

The estimated death toll from a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea has grown to more than 670, according to the International Organization for Migration.

Serhan Aktoprak, the chief of the UN migration agency’s mission in the South Pacific island nation, said the revised death toll was based on calculations by Yambali village and Enga provincial officials that more than 150 homes had been buried by Friday’s landslide. A previous estimate had been 60 homes.