Papua New Guinea — Rapid Assessment Report Enga Province — Round 1 (29 May 2024)

A massive landslide occurred on the 24 May of 2024 at 3:00 AM local time in the southeastern area of Maip Muritaka Rural Local Level Government (LLG, Admin 3) in the Highlands´ Enga Province. The disaster caused extensive losses and damages to communities downhill, also destroying livelihoods and key infrastructure. The IOM team in coordination with the National Disaster Centre (NDC) implemented a DTM rapid assessment in a host community to provide relevant and timely information to humanitarian counterparts regarding the situation and main needs from the affected population.

This report presents initial findings from the round one of Mobility Tracking conducted at host communities in the Maip Muritaka Rural LLG from 25-27 May 2024. The two communities assessed reported a total of 7,849 individuals from 1,427 households affected, with 1,650 individuals from 315 households displaced. Population estimates from the National Statistics Office for 2021 indicate that the entire population of the Maip Muritaka Rural LLG is of some 26,450 inhabitants. By this numbers, the current disaster has affected at least 21% of the entire LLG population.