A sea of mud swept away a house in Thac Tinh village, Tam Duong town at around 02.00 in the morning. Five people sleeping in the house were reportedly killed or missing.
“Seeing water submerge the house, my parents woke us up. I immediately ran out of the house, but my parents did not,” Tan Lo May, 14, one of the two survivors of the disaster said.
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By 10.00am rescue workers had yet to find the bodies of Tan La U, the owner of the house, and two of his children. His second child and a nephew luckily survived the disaster.
Meanwhile, a large piece of rock fell on a house in Chu Va village, Son Binh commune early in the morning, killing a five-month old child and injuring his parents.
Local authorities have fanned out to disaster-hit villages to provide the bereaved with emergency aid and help with prevention work.
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| Rescue workers are clearing mud and soil blocking national highway 4D from Tam Duong to Son Binh |
Landslides blocked traffic from Tam Duong town to Son Binh commune.
As torrential rains are expected in the coming days, a large number of households have been forced to move out of the danger areas.