Three people were killed and eight are still missing in a landslide occurring in Phuoc Loc commune, Phuoc Son district in the central province of Quang Nam on October 28.
Three people were killed and eight are still missing in a landslide occurring in Phuoc Loc commune, Phuoc Son district, Quang Nam province, on October 28 (Photo: VNA)
According to Chairman of Phuoc Loc commune People’s Committee Luu Huyen Thoai, the landside hit the locality at about 2:00 pm, burying 11 locals. (Photo: VNA)
The bodies of three victims were found on the same day (Photo: VNA)
Rescuers are trying to approach the scene of the disaster but they face difficulties due to the impact of Storm Molave, which has triggered landslides and disrupted traffic. (Photo: VNA)
According to Chairman of Phuoc Loc commune People’s Committee Luu Huyen Thoai, the landside hit the locality at about 2:00 pm, burying 11 locals. (Photo: VNA)
On October 28, landslides also hit two mountainous communes of Tra Van and Tra Leng in Nam Tra My district, Quang Nam province. At 9:30 am of October 29, the bodies of 16 out of the 53 victims of the landslides in Bac Tra My district have been found. (Photo: VNA)
Right after learning about the landslides that hit Nam Tra My district on October 28 night, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung, other Government officials and leaders of Quang Nam province, came to Bac Tra My district near the landslide sites to instruct the search and rescue operations on October 29. (Photo: VNA)
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on late October 28 issued a dispatch urging all necessary measures to rescue victims of a severe landslide that hit a mountainous commune in central Quang Nam province.
At least seven people have died and 46 are missing after landslides hit two mountainous communes in Nam Tra My district, central Quang Nam province, on October 28.
At least 16 people have died and 37 are missing after landslides hit two mountainous communes in Nam Tra My district, Quang Nam province in central Vietnam, on October 28. Of the victims, 45 are from Tra Leng commune, and the remainders from Tra Van commune, according to the provincial military command. At 9:30 am on Oct. 29, the bodies of 16 victims were found.