A Massive Landslide In Sudan Has Completely Wiped Out A Village And Killed Over 1,000 People
The disaster occurred on Sunday, Aug. 31, following days of heavy rain that triggered a large-scale collapse in the Marrah Mountains, where Tarasin is located.
A massive landslide has completely wiped out the remote village of Tarasin in Sudan’s Central Darfur, killing more than 1,000 people and leaving only one survivor, according to the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army, the armed group which controls the area.
The disaster occurred on Sunday, Aug. 31, following days of heavy rain that triggered a large-scale collapse in the Marrah Mountains, where Tarasin is located.
Authorities said the village had been “completely leveled to the ground” and urged the United Nations and international aid agencies to assist with recovery efforts.
“The scale and magnitude of the disaster are immense and defy description,” the group’s leader said on Tuesday, Sept. 2, in an appeal for international assistance.
But humanitarian access to the region remains extremely limited.
Since April 2023, the war between Sudan’s military and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has cut off much of Darfur from outside help, leaving the Marrah Mountains and other areas almost unreachable.
Sunday’s landslide is one of Sudan’s deadliest natural disasters in decades.
Seasonal rains between July and October regularly result in hundreds of deaths each year from flooding and building collapses.
In 2024, heavy rainfall caused a dam failure in Red Sea Province, killing at least 30 people, according to the United Nations.
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