20,000 people isolated after landslide hits central Vietnam highway

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A section of the DT 622 highway running through Quang Ngai Province is blocked due to erosion, October 11, 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Dong Huyen

 

A total 20,000 people in central Vietnam's Quang Ngai Province have been isolated after a landslide cut off a highway and buried generators at a hydropower plant Tuesday.

 

Part of a hill got eroded, sending soil and rubble down the DT 622B highway section running through Tra Lam Commune of Tra Bong District on Tuesday morning, blocking traffic. As the route connects downtown Tra Bong with six other communes in the district, a blockage means 20,000 people got isolated.

 

Dang Minh Thao, secretary of Tra Bong District, said heavy rain on Monday caused erosion at a nearby hill, sending rubble down onto a group of generators at the Ka Tinh hydropower plant, rendering one worker missing. Authorities have deployed vehicles and dozens of soldiers to remove the rubble and restore traffic, he added.

 

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