A landslide has occurred along National Road No. 40B in the area formerly part of Quảng Nam Province, now within Đà Nẵng City. Heavy rains and unstable terrain have posed serious threats to 53 rural mountainous villages across the city. Photos courtesy of the People's Committees of Trà Tập and Trà Leng communes

ĐÀ NẴNG – Local rescue forces have evacuated 51 households, totalling 163 residents, from landslide-prone areas in the mountainous Trà Leng Village to safe shelters, following continuous heavy rainfall on October 25–26.

According to the city’s disaster prevention center, no deaths or missing persons have been reported across the 53 high-risk, landslide-prone communes in the mountainous region.

An excavator works to clear debris and restore traffic flow at a landslide site along a mountainous road in Đà Nẵng. Prolonged heavy rains have triggered erosion in several uphill villages across the city.

Trà Liên Commune was temporarily isolated by floodwater and suffered erosion as of 2pm on October 26, while 28 households in landslide zones in Trà Tập Commune were evacuated at noon on the same day.

A group of 200 villagers in Trà My Commune were moved to a safe area, while mobile phone signals remained unavailable in remote villages.

Excavators and rescue forces were mobilised to clear traffic at several sections along National Road No 40B after large amounts of soil eroded from upper hill slopes.

Last week, 29 households in Trà Linh Commune were also relocated from hazardous areas after landslides caused by Storm Fengsheng.

Flood water rises in a section of the Tiên River in the mountainous area of Đà Nẵng City. More than 300 villagers in high-risk areas have been removed to safe shelters as landslides threatened living  quarters in the area. Photo courtesy of people's committees of Trà Tập and Trà Leng

The commune warned that rainfalls on the two days were measured from 115mm to 415mm, and it forecast longer rains will continue in the next few days on October 27-28 in the area. VNS