INTERVIEW: PNG Landslide - 'It's all gone, we have no future'

Drone footage shows the landslide in Yambali village (AAP)

Drone footage shows the landslide in Yambali village (AAP) Source: AAP / Juho Valta/AP

Rescue teams in Papua New Guinea say there is no chance of finding any survivors following the deadly landslide last Friday. The government has been criticised for its response to the disaster. The death toll is still unclear, with estimates varying between 670 and 2,000 people.Rescuers are working on unstable ground, and with water flowing through rubble,amid the risk of further landslides and disease from bodies under the soil. SBS Reporter Tys Occhiuzzi spoke to Robert Alembo, who has been searching for 20 family members in the rubble. He says the landslide has taken away their future. And a warning, some listeners may find this content distressing.


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