Landslide collapses wall of newly inaugurated school in Nam Tra My

Due to the impact of heavy rain in recent days, the soil and rocks on the hill behind collapsed, causing the wall of the school in the mountainous district of Nam Tra My to collapse.

Landslide caused wall collapse at Rang Chuoi school - Photo: Provided by commune authorities

On the evening of November 24, the authorities of Tra Tap commune, Nam Tra My district, Quang Nam province said that on the afternoon of the same day, a landslide occurred at Rang Chuoi school (in village 1, Tra Tap commune).

According to initial information, in the afternoon of the same day, a large amount of rock and soil from the positive slope behind Rang Chuoi school flooded down, causing a large wall to collapse, then continued to flow into the classroom, damaging many desks, chairs, and school supplies of the students.

Fortunately, there were no people at the school at this time so there were no casualties.

According to local authorities, the previous rain caused a landslide on the hill behind the school.

The government has relocated students and teachers to the old school (made of wood) to wait for the construction of a solid embankment for the new school.

However, the landslide is getting bigger and bigger, rocks and soil keep flowing down, making it difficult to fix. Now a huge amount of rocks and soil has collapsed the wall of this school.

The hill behind the school suffered a serious landslide - Photo: Provided by the commune government

It is known that Rang Chuoi school was inaugurated in September 2024 with a total construction cost of more than 1.4 billion VND sponsored by benefactors.

The project has a total area of ​​nearly 200m², solid walls, 2 classrooms, 1 dormitory, kitchen, restroom, playground, fence.

The new school has 35 kindergarten and primary school students, replacing the temporary school that had been degraded. However, due to landslides, students have been relocated to the old school.

In recent days, heavy rain has caused landslides at several points on roads in Nam Tra My district.

Specifically, there were 4 landslides, of which the DH3 road had landslides on the road, the DH6 road had a landslide on the negative slope in village 1, Tra Don commune, the landslide on the negative slope created a "frog jaw" under the concrete road, and the DH9 road had a landslide on the negative slope.

Many items were damaged - Photo: Provided by the commune government

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/sat-lo-lam-sap-tuong-diem-truong-moi-khanh-thanh-o-nam-tra-my-20241124192239251.htm