Cairo: A massive landslide has destroyed a village in Sudan’s western Darfur region, killing more than 1,000 people, according to a rebel group controlling the area. The disaster is among the deadliest in the country’s recent history.
The tragedy happened Sunday in the Tarasin village in Central Darfur’s Marrah Mountains after days of heavy rainfall in late August, the Sudan Liberation Movement-Army said in a statement.
“Initial information indicates the death of all village residents, estimated to be more than one thousand people. Only one person survived,” the statement read.
The village was “completely levelled to the ground,” the group said, appealing to the UN and international aid groups for help to recover the bodies.
AP