Major landslide hits PNG, more than 100 feared dead

MELBOURNE, Australia — More than 100 people are believed to have been killed on Friday in a landslide that buried a village in a remote part of Papua New Guinea, Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported.

The landslide reportedly hit Kaokalam village in Enga Province, about 600 kilometers northwest of the South Pacific island nation's capital Port Moresby, at roughly 3 am local time.

Residents said current estimates of the death toll are above 100, although authorities have not confirmed this figure. Villagers said the number of people killed could be much higher.