Three children killed in landslide in Vietnam after heavy rain

Three young children died in a landslide in Hanoi, state media and a local resident said on Monday, after soil and stones fell from a hill onto a play center following heavy rain.

The Vietnamese capital experienced heavy rain, lightning and thunder for more than an hour on Sunday evening, flooding streets and snarling traffic.

The rain caused…

Three young children died in a landslide in Hanoi, state media and a local resident said on Monday, after soil and stones fell from a hill onto a play center following heavy rain.

The Vietnamese capital experienced heavy rain, lightning and thunder for more than an hour on Sunday evening, flooding streets and snarling traffic.

The rain caused the sudden landslide in Bai Trai township in a suburb of Hanoi.

“The children were playing there when the accident happened,” a resident told AFP.

“The earth from the hill collapsed the wall of the building and buried the children,” who were between three and five years old, the woman said, declining to give her name.

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State media said earth filled the playing area when the 10-meter-long wall gave way.

Rescuers recovered their bodies at 11:30 p.m., state media reported.

Scientists have warned that extreme weather events are being made worse by global warming.

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