An assessment team reported "suggestions" that 100 people were dead and 60 houses buried by the mountainside that collapsed in Enga province a few hours before dawn Friday.
Aktoprak conceded that if the number of buried houses estimated by local authorities was correct, the death toll could be higher. "The scale is so big, I wouldn't be surprised if there would be more casualties than the earlier reported 100," Aktoprak said.
"It is feared that the number of casualties and wounded will increase dramatically," said Aktoprak, who is based in Port Moresby.
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