Fourteen soldiers are dead and eight others are under frantic searches after an enormous landslide hit central Vietnam on Sunday because the country grapples with its worst flooding in years.
Amid growing fears that water levels could rise further, heavy rains have lashed the region for greater than per week, and at the least 64 people have died in floods and landslides, in keeping with Vietnam’s disaster management authority.
The official government website reported that rocks fell on the barracks of a military station in Quang Tri province and 22 soldiers were believed to be buried under thick mud.
“From 2 a.m., there were four to five landslides, exploding like bombs, and it seemed like the whole mountain was about to collapse,” local official Ha Ngoc Duong said, in keeping with news site VnExpress.
Lieutenant General Phan Van Giang, the military’s chief of general staff, warned that more landslides could occur in the realm and said rescuers needed to seek out a safer approach to reach the location.
Eleven bodies have been recovered to this point, the federal government said.
Nangka spares Hong Kong but leaves dozens of victims in Vietnam and Cambodia
Nangka spares Hong Kong but leaves dozens of victims in Vietnam and Cambodia
The ruling got here just days after 13 members of the rescue team were found dead after a failed attempt to save lots of employees at a hydroelectric power plant that was engulfed by a landslide.
The bodies of two factory employees were found, but 15 individuals are still missing.
State media reported that river levels in Quang Tri had reached their highest levels in 20 years. The disaster management authority raised its risk warning to the second highest level on Sunday, warning of further flooding and landslides.
Vietnam is susceptible to natural disasters and is often hit by several storms annually, often causing floods and landslides.
The Central Statistical Office reported that last yr over 130 people died or went missing throughout the country in consequence of natural disasters.
Disaster management authorities said Cambodia was also hit by severe floods, with the country’s death toll rising to twenty on Saturday, including six children.
