Sudanese authorities, the United Nations and aid groups scrambled Tuesday to respond to a devastating landslide in Sudan's Darfur region that buried an entire mountain village, killing hundreds of people.
Heavy rain triggered the disaster on Sunday, flattening the village of Tarasin in the remote Jebel Marra range, the rebel Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM) faction which controls the area said.
U.N. humanitarian coordinator in Sudan Luca Renda said in a statement that "the United Nations and our humanitarian partners are mobilizing to provide support to the affected population."
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