A big landslide has ripped through a village in a remote area of Papua New Guinea, killing at least 40 people and leaving 20 others missing, authorities said Wednesday. The country's National Disaster Office said that 40 bodies had been recovered from the debris and search and rescue officers were at the site on Wednesday to assist with the recovery of others, CNN reported. The landslide happened Tuesday in the Komo area in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, near one of the country's major liquefied natural gas fields.
