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A landslide in Cao Bang Province, Vietnam buried a bus, resulting in 4 deaths and 1 injury

  • LilyLily
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  • September-9-2024 PM 5:47 Monday GMT+8
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On the morning of September 9 local time, a serious landslide accident occurred in Cao Bang Province, Vietnam, and a bus carrying 20 passengers was unfortunately buried.

After the accident, local rescuers quickly launched an emergency rescue operation. According to the latest news, rescuers have found 5 people so far, including 4 dead and 1 seriously injured. The remaining passengers are still trapped in the bus and their fates are unknown. The rescue work is still in progress intensively, and rescuers are racing against time to search for other passengers in the bus.

Recently, Typhoon Yagi made landfall in northern Vietnam, bringing heavy rainfall and causing frequent disasters such as rising river levels and landslides in many places. The landslide accident in Cao Bang Province occurred precisely against the background of such bad weather. The Vietnamese disaster emergency department said that Typhoon Yagi has caused at least 35 deaths and 24 missing people, posing a huge threat to the safety of people's lives and property in the local area.

The Vietnamese government attaches great importance to this disaster event. Relevant leaders have arrived at the scene to direct the rescue work and require all departments to fully cooperate, increase rescue efforts, and find the trapped passengers as soon as possible. At the same time, the government is also actively organizing forces to carry out emergency and restoration work in the affected areas to ensure the normal lives of local residents.

This landslide accident has attracted widespread attention from the international community. All parties have expressed sympathy and condolences to the affected people in Vietnam. People are looking forward to more progress in the rescue work, finding all the trapped passengers as soon as possible, enabling the injured to receive timely treatment, and also hoping that Vietnam can recover from this disaster and rebuild their homes as soon as possible. The follow-up rescue situation and the investigation of the accident cause will also continue to be watched.