HANOI: Search and rescue operations are underway in Vietnam's central city of Da Nang to look for three people missing after a landslide on Friday (Nov 14), Vietnam News Agency reported.
The three people went missing while working on their fields after the landslide occurred on Friday morning.
The landslide was triggered by a large volume of soil and rocks from a hill in Hung Son commune, combined with groundwater that had accumulated over a long period.
An entire section of the hillside collapsed, burying about five farm shelters and damaging more than 200 metres of a local road, local daily Tien Phong reported.
According to local authorities, prolonged rains and flooding since late September have triggered landslides in many areas of the commune.
Households in high-risk areas have been relocated to minimise potential losses. - Xinhua
