40 Killed as Quakes Rock Papua New Guinea
Associated Press
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea —
Forty people were killed by mudslides unleashed by powerful earthquakes in northern Papua New Guinea, officials said today. As many as 100 people were missing and feared dead.
Mountainsides were sheared off and fell on villages below after the quake and two aftershocks shook the area Wednesday.
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