There are fears the number of missing following a deadly landslide in Papua New Guinea could stretch into the thousands, a government agency has said.<br /><br />The acting director of the nation's National Disaster Centre said in a letter it was feared more than 2,000 people were buried alive in Friday's disaster.<br /><br />However, an exact casualty figure has been hard to establish and estimates have varied widely, as rescue efforts have been hindered by rubble 10m deep in some places and a lack of adequate equipment.<br /><br />Fewer than a dozen bodies have been recovered so far, while the United Nations put the figure of the missing at 670.<br /><br />The collapse of a mountain side early Friday morning wiped out a bustling village in Enga province, where about 3,800 people had been living.
