PNG: Death toll rises from PNG floods

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Updated November 21, 2007 16:30:15

Officials say the death toll from floods in Papua New Guinea's Oro province has risen to 153. One Australian NGO is taking stock of the community of Kokoda. The Kokoda Track Foundation has committed 20-thousand Australian dollars worth of medical supplies to Kokoda hospital to combat the threat of water-borne diseases as flood waters recede.

Presenter: Megan Flamer
Speakers: Patrick Lindsay, chairman of the Kokoda Track Foundation

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