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The landslide in Papua New Guinea

Over 670 people are feared to have died in landslides

Over 670 people are feared to have died in Friday's landslide in Papua New Guinea. This is what the UN agency IOM told AP on Sunday.

Around 150 houses and 670 people are feared to be under the rubble. Only five dead have been found so far and rescue workers have given up hope of finding survivors. The victims are between six and eight meters below the rubble.

- People here are starting to come to that realization so there is great sadness, says IOM head Serhan Aktoprak to the news agency.

The landslide occurred early Friday morning and basically wiped out the entire village of Yambali in Enga Province.
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Tourists fly to Europe – despite heat warnings

Europe is headed for another summer that may well be as hot as the record temperatures in 2022, writes the New York Times.

Since 1991, the average temperature in Europe has risen twice as much as the global average temperature. 23 of the 30 worst heat waves on the continent have occurred since 2000, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

Computer models indicate that unusually high temperatures await Europe, especially in July and August. Despite this, Americans continue to book trips here, especially to hot cities like Rome, Paris and Athens.

- What characterizes humans is how quickly they forget and suppress negative experiences, says Stefan Gössling, professor of tourism science at Linnaeus University, to the newspaper.