Watut LLG manager Raune Jombat, when contacted late yesterday afternoon, said no bodies have been recovered as search ceased for the night and will continue today.
Jombat said relatives have turned up in numbers, including from Wau and Bulolo, in search of the missing.
“The villagers are not giving up and have come in numbers to join the search,” Jombat said.
He said while four bodies have been recovered and are at the Angau Memorial Hospital, there is still hope that they will find the others.