Three young children have been confirmed dead as soil and rocks fell from a hill onto a play centre after heavy rain in Hanoi, Vietnam.
This was confirmed by state media and a resident on Monday, May 13, 2024.
Vietnam’s capital city experienced heavy rain, lightning, and thunder for more than an hour on Sunday evening, flooding streets and disrupting traffic.
The rain caused the sudden landslide in Bai Trai commune, in the suburbs of Hanoi.
“The kids were playing there when the accident happened,” a local resident narrated.
“The soil from the hill made the wall of the building collapse, burying the children,” who were aged between three and five years old, the woman said, refusing to be named.
State media said soil filled the play area when the 10-metre-long wall gave way.
Rescuers extricated their bodies by 11:30 p.m., state media reported.
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