“They are starting to clean up their houses and the streets,” he said.
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He said friends elsewhere in Kainantu had messaged him with descriptions of cracked roads, broken pipes and fallen debris, but hadn't described major building collapses or injuries. Ravu was sorting through the damage to his home, which he said likely included a broken sewer pipe judging from the smell. Renagi Ravu was meeting with two colleagues at his home in Kainantu when the quake struck. One resident from the town closest to the epicenter described his ordeal to the AP.
But he said the sparse and scattered population and lack of large buildings near the epicenter in the nation's largely undeveloped highlands may have helped prevent a bigger disaster, given the earthquake was so strong. Masange said it could take some time to assess the full extent of the injuries and damage in the region. Other people had been injured from falling structures or debris, and there was damage to some health centers, homes, rural roads and highways, Masange told The Associated Press. The three people died in a landslide in the gold-mining town of Wau, said Morobe Provincial Disaster Director Charley Masange. Others were injured and infrastructure damaged in the magnitude 7.6 jolt that was felt across the Pacific country. WELLINGTON, New Zealand - At least three people are dead after a powerful earthquake hit a remote part of Papua New Guinea Sunday morning, authorities say.
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