Landslide triggered by heavy rains kills 3 children in Hanoi

At around 10:20 p.m., after more than an hour of heavy rain, an unexpected landslide occurred, with the debris falling on a children's play area owned by Tran Van Viet in Ba Trai Commune, causing a 10-meter-long wall to collapse.

The soil filled the play area, burying the three children.

The five-year-old was Viet’s child and the other two, aged three, were neighbors’ kids.

Rescuers extricated their bodies by 11:30 p.m.

Due to the heavy rain the two neighbors’ children were unable to go home and stayed at Viet’s to play with his child.

A cold air mass moving down from China and the effects of a convergence zone of winds at altitudes of 1,500-3,000 meters caused heavy downpours in many places in Hanoi on Sunday.

Chau Van Liem Street in Hanoi's Nam Tu Liem District is flooded after heavy rains on the evening of May 12, 2024. Photo by VnExpress/Pham Chieu