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Eye on Africa - Sudan Recovers 270 Bodies After Darfur Landslide
The landslide in Darfur's Marrah Mountains destroyed Tarasin village with only one survivor; rescue teams face challenges due to heavy rains and difficult terrain, local groups reported.
- On August 31, a landslide collapsed a mountain and wiped out Tarasin village in the Marrah Mountains, western Darfur, Sudan, killing an estimated 1,000 people, the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army said.
- After days of torrential rain during Sudan's flooding season , climate change and international researchers warn warming increases landslide risks and rainfall destructiveness.
- Rescue officials reported rescue teams recovered and buried 370 bodies, with about 100 more found by Tuesday, while Ahmed Abdel Majeed said, `So far, I've confirmed the deaths of two relatives: one of my uncles and his grandson.`
- The United Nations mobilised aid over 900 kilometres west of Khartoum as the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army appealed for urgent help and the Sudanese Red Crescent Society, South Darfur branch sent paramedics and corpse management teams to Tarsin.
- Humanitarian agencies warn the landslide struck amid Sudan's civil war since April 2023, displacing about 12 million and with at least 25 million facing acute hunger, while researchers estimate nearly 13% of land is at high landslide risk.
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Sudan rescuers pull 370 bodies from Darfur landslide
Rescuers have recovered 370 bodies from a landslide that wiped out a remote mountain village in Sudan's Darfur region, a local civilian leader said on Thursday.The disaster struck the village of Tarasin, located high in the Jebel Marra range, on Sunday following one of the worst downpours of Sudan's rainy season, which peaks in August.Up to 1,000 people may have been killed, according to the United Nations, but the full scale of the disaster in …
Officials call for aid after 'unprecedented' landslide wipes out entire village, killing over 1,000 people: 'Completely leveled to the ground'
A devastating landslide that struck Sudan on the final day of August ranks among the deadliest natural disasters in the country's history. Officials estimated that more than 1,000 people may have been killed as an entire village was leveled. The mountain village of Tarasin was one of the villages hit hardest by the landslide. Tarasin is set in the heart of the Marrah Mountains, a volcanic region with a summit peak soaring above 3,000 meters (9,8…
Eye on Africa - Sudan recovers 270 bodies after Darfur landslide
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