Sept. 2 (UPI) -- More than 1,000 people in the southwestern mountain region of Sudan are dead following landslides that struck over the weekend due to heavy rains that have pummeled the region over the last week.
The death toll was announced Monday in a statement by the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army.
The rebel group that controls areas where the landslide occurred described the impact as "devastating."
It said that based on preliminary information all but one person who lived in the Tarsin village that was struck by the landslide died.
The area is considered one of the most important in Jebel Marra for citrus production, "but it has been completely leveled to the ground," it said.
