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Heavy rain triggered landslides in Vietnam’s central belt, resulting in at least six deaths and more than a dozen injuries, disaster officials confirmed Monday.
The most severe incident occurred late Sunday on the scenic Khanh Le Pass in Khanh Hoa province, where falling soil and rock submerged a passenger bus carrying 32 people.
This single event killed at least five individuals and injured 18 others, many of whom were being treated for head and limb injuries.
Rescuers are still working to free any passengers trapped inside the vehicle.
Earlier on Sunday, another landslide struck a workers’ shelter in Khanh Son Pass in the same province, killing one person and leaving another missing.
Vietnam, which is highly prone to severe weather between June and September, has seen natural disasters cause over $2 billion in damage and leave 279 people dead or missing this year.
Scientific evidence suggests that human-driven climate change is making these extreme weather events more frequent and destructive.
