Rice runs out in PNG Simbu Province
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In Papua New Guinea, Trukai rice has run out in Mt Hagen in the Southern Highlands, leading to fears about an impending food shortage. Heavy rain caused a massive landslide earlier this month, killing one man, destroying several villages and blocking the major highway to Simbu Province. Cut off from the rest of the country, fuel shortages quickly became an issue, but with local food supplies already decimated, rice was a ready backup. But that rice is now gone, and there's no word on when more food supplies will get through. Warehouse workers say frozen goods should last another two weeks. But an even greater problem is the lack of communication coming out of the province.
Presenter: Megan Flamer
Speaker: Acting Director of PNG's National Disaster Centre, Martin Mose
