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'Unlikely' to be more survivors from Papua New Guinea landslide

It is "very unlikely" more survivors of Papua New Guinea's deadly landslide will be found, a U.N. agency warned Tuesday, as thousands at risk from further slips were ordered to evacuate.

Some 2,000 people are feared buried by a massive landslide that entombed a remote highland community in the early hours of May 24.

Papua New Guinea reports more than 2,000 people buried in landslide

Papua New Guinea informed the U.N. on Monday that more than 2,000 people were buried in a massive landslide that swept over a remote village, according to a copy of the letter obtained by AFP.

"The landslide buried more than 2,000 people alive and caused major destruction," the country's national disaster centre told the U.N. office in Port Moresby.