Up to 19 people were buried alive when heavy rains triggered a landslide in remote Papua New Guinea, a report said Tuesday. Women and children were believed to be among those buried in the collapse, which hit Zongefifi village in Morobe province, on PNG's north-western coast, in the early hours of Sunday morning, Australian Associated Press reported.
A youth from a nearby village walked for hours to alert authorities to the landslide, which reportedly buried the entire village, AAP said. Heavy rains, floods and thick cloud prevented a disaster relief team from reaching the area and details remained sketchy, it said.