Landslide buries 53 people in Quang Nam

The landslide occurred on the evening of October 28 in Nam Tra My district, in two villages: village 1, Tra Leng commune and village 1, Tra Van commune.

In village 1, Tra Leng commune, a landslide buried 45 people, 4 people were lucky to escape. In village 1, Tra Van commune, 8 people were buried.

According to the newspaperQuang Nam, the latest information at 11pm the same day was that 7 bodies had been found.

The forward search and rescue command post in Bac Tra My, commanded by Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Tri Thanh, was established.

At a meeting with leaders of the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Public Security, and Military Region 5 on the night of October 28 at the headquarters of the Quang Nam Provincial Military Command, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung assigned tasks to each individual involved in commanding the rescue work of the horrific landslide in Quang Nam.

"This is an extremely serious incident that has buried many people," said the Deputy Prime Minister.

Map of Tra Leng commune and Tra Van commune, Nam Tra My district.

According to the Deputy Prime Minister, although landslides due to prolonged rain and floods in mountainous areas can be predicted, these incidents are clearly still very difficult to predict. When storms come, we can proactively respond, but landslides are very difficult, not only in Quang Nam but also in other localities.

“The road to search and rescue is very difficult. We must concentrate forces, equipment, and logistics command with the motto 'four on-site' to carry out this task,” Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung directed local leaders and rescue forces.

The Deputy Prime Minister saidstorm number 9After the storm has passed, the storm circulation has caused heavy rain and floods, rising water levels in many rivers in Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Quang Binh, Thua Thien - Hue and the North Central provinces. Quang Nam in particular needs to focus on responding to heavy rain and floods and landslides, considering this a key and urgent task of the province and local forces. He requested to continue checking dangerous locations to evacuate people.

"It's difficult but it must be done," the Deputy Prime Minister emphasized.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung informed about the serious landslide that buried 53 people in Quang Nam. Photo: Zing.vn

Late that same day, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc signed an official dispatch on rescuing victims buried in Tra Leng commune, Nam Tra My district, Quang Nam province.

The Prime Minister requested the National Committee for Natural Disaster Response and Search and Rescue, the Minister of National Defense, the Commander of Military Region 5, and the People's Committee of Quang Nam province to coordinate with relevant forces to focus on all necessary measures to urgently rescue those buried.

Typhoon MolaveLanded in the Central and Central Highlands provinces from the morning of October 28, with the strongest wind speed of level 12 (133 km/h). The storm caused heavy rain and gusts of wind, causing a series of trees to fall, hundreds of houses and buildings to have their roofs blown off... In Quang Nam, from 9am on October 28, strong winds of level 8-10; total average rainfall from 150 to 300 mm. The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting warned of exceptionally large floods along the Luu Gia - Thu Bon River, raising the warning to level 4, forecast to be 0.4 m above the historical flood level.