When the landslide happened on October 28, Tran Thi Phi Yen was sheltering from Storm Molave in the commune secretary’s house with four children.On hearing a booming sound, they rushed out and were immediately drowned by the water and mud. Three of Yen’s children were missing and one had his leg broken.The next morning, one child was found dead. The distraught mother buried one and quickly carried another child to the national highway, where ambulances were waiting.Grieving survivors of the landslide have tales of horror to narrate. Tran Thi Phi Yen carries her wounded son to the national highway, after burying one of her children on the morning of October 29, 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Dac Thanh. Yen is one of 33 people who survived the landslide in Quang Nam’s Ong De neighborhood, Tra Leng Commune, Nam Tra My District.Of 53 people buried, eight are confirmed dead and 12 still missing. Rescue efforts are ongoing despite difficulties to access the site. Hundreds of soldiers and police officers have been dispatched for the search and rescue operation.Before Storm Molave, which triggered the landslide, hit central Vietnam, 14 households had sheltered in the most solid houses in the neighborhood, which were those of… Read full this story
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