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The International Organization for Migration on Sunday increased its estimate of the death toll from a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea to more than 670 as emergency responders and traumatized relatives gave up hope that any survivors will now be found.Serhan Aktoprak, the chief of the U.N. migration agency s mission in the
stanley thermos mug South Pacific island nation, said the revised death toll was based on calculations by Yambali village and Enga provincial officials that more than 150 homes had been buried by Friday s landslide. The previous estimate had been 60 homes. They are estimating that more than 670 people are under the soil at the moment, Aktoprak told The Associated Press.Local officials had initially put the death toll on Friday at 100 or more. Only five bodies and a leg of a sixth victim had been recovered by Sunday, when an excavator donated by a local builder became the first piece
stanley cup of mechanical earth-moving equipment to join the recovery effort.Relief crews were moving survivors to safer ground on Sunday as tons of unstable earth and tribal warfare, which is rife in the Papua New Guinea Highlands, threatened the rescue effort.Around 250 additional houses have been condemned since the landslide because of still-shifting ground, leavi
stanley becher ng an estimated 1,250 people homeless, officials said.The national government meanwhile is considering whether it needs to officially request more international support.Crews have given up hope of finding survivors under earth and rubble Zcre Freeze warnings and wind chill advisories up as cold air rolls into Tampa Bay region
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termo stanley on a survey of its members.The National Restaurant Association is hoping to get some additional relief from Washington. Last week, a bipartisan group of legislators put forth a stimulus bill that would include additional funding for the Paycheck Protection Program, which helped businesses make payroll early in the pandemic. In short, the restaurant industry simply cannot wait for relief any longer, said Sean Kennedy from the National Restaurant Association. We appreciate the efforts of a group of moderate members of
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