Landslide on Vietnam’s Khanh Le Pass Buries Bus, Killing 6

Overview

• Rescuers reached the wreck after midnight because landslides on both sides of the pass cut off access.
• Nineteen passengers were hospitalized, and two of the dead remain trapped under debris, according to state media.
• The bus carried 32 people traveling from Da Lat to Nha Trang, with passengers from Ho Chi Minh City aboard.
• Rainfall totals are expected to reach 30–60 centimeters in parts of central Vietnam, with some locations likely to exceed 85 centimeters.
• Recent downpours flooded mountainous areas near Hue, blocking the north–south highway and isolating villages, as scientists link intensifying rains to a warming climate.