Via Stuff, another landslide this time in Fiji :
" A family of four has been killed in a landslide as severe flooding continues in Fiji, according to a report.
A 35-year-old father, 30-year-old mother, and two daughters aged three-years-old and one-year-old were buried in the landslide at Nanuku near Ba, Fiji Broadcasting said.
Villagers were able to talk to members of the family while they tried to rescue them from the landslide, the state broadcaster reported.
"However, after some time, there was no response from within the rubble."
Two farmers have also been reported killed trying to save stock in separate incidents as heavy rain from a tropical depression that is battering the western part of the country.
Fiji's Ministry of Information has said the deaths of the family are not yet confirmed, Radio New Zealand reported."
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Rain hinders PNG landslide rescue effort
Via ABC News, excerpt :
" Rescue teams are arriving at the site of a deadly landslide in Papua New Guinea, but continuing wet weather and fears of another landslide are hampering their efforts.
Tumbi village near Tari, in the country's Southern Highlands, is now a mess of millions of cubic metres of rock and soil.
The landslide area is about one kilometre long and several hundred metres wide. Some of the boulders dislodged are the size of cars.
Thousands of people have gathered at the site, many with mud smeared on their faces in a sign of mourning.
PNG prime minister Peter O'Neill has inspected the area and vowed to investigate the cause of the disaster.
Mr O'Neill said an independent team of investigators would be appointed to determine the cause and he promised to help relocate those affected and to find their loved ones.
'A huge task'
Andrew Alphonse, a senior reporter from the PNG Post Courier who spent the day at Tumbi village, says locals have named 26 people they believe have been buried underneath the landslide.
He told Radio Australia's Asia Pacific that operations to retrieve the bodies have not officially started because of the difficult conditions."
" Rescue teams are arriving at the site of a deadly landslide in Papua New Guinea, but continuing wet weather and fears of another landslide are hampering their efforts.
Tumbi village near Tari, in the country's Southern Highlands, is now a mess of millions of cubic metres of rock and soil.
The landslide area is about one kilometre long and several hundred metres wide. Some of the boulders dislodged are the size of cars.
Thousands of people have gathered at the site, many with mud smeared on their faces in a sign of mourning.
PNG prime minister Peter O'Neill has inspected the area and vowed to investigate the cause of the disaster.
Mr O'Neill said an independent team of investigators would be appointed to determine the cause and he promised to help relocate those affected and to find their loved ones.
'A huge task'
Andrew Alphonse, a senior reporter from the PNG Post Courier who spent the day at Tumbi village, says locals have named 26 people they believe have been buried underneath the landslide.
He told Radio Australia's Asia Pacific that operations to retrieve the bodies have not officially started because of the difficult conditions."
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