Hundreds dead and missing after Papua New Guinea landslide buries more than 2,000

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Hundreds of people are dead and unaccounted for after a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea buried more than 2,000 people.

The landslide occurred on Friday, but government officials visited the site of the disaster on Sunday and said that the death toll was estimated to be 670, a number that is expected to grow as rescue teams claw through the rubble.

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