An Australian search and rescue team sent to a mining exploration camp in Papua New Guinea hit by a devastating landslide has found no more dead bodies after the initial 10 dead.
All the local people affected by the landslide in Eastern Highlands province in the vicinity of a gold mine have been accounted for, an official, who diidn't want to be named says.
Dozens of people were earlier feared to have been trapped after the landslide struck on Thursday.
The Australian emergency team of around five, including dog handlers with search dogs, was sent in on Saturday at the request of Papua New Guinea.
The landslide happened at the Kora exploration camp of the Kainantu gold mine site, east of Goroka, the capital of Eastern Highlands province.
The site is operated by Canadian-based mining giant Barrick Gold.Corporation.
