This morning, the Vietnamese media is reporting<\/a> that two major landslides have been triggered by Typhoon Molave.\u00a0 The first is at Tra Leng Commune in Nam Tra My District.\u00a0 Initial reports indicate that this landslide may have left as many as 45 people missing, a district official said Wednesday night.\u00a0 The latest reports<\/a> suggest that eight bodies have been recovered to date, although the rescue efforts are being hampered by landslides on the roads to the site.<\/p>\n The image below shows the location of Tra Leng Commune, as indicated by both Google Earth and Wikimapia<\/a>.\u00a0 The coordinates are on the image if you want to take a look.\u00a0 I cannot pin down the precise location of the landslide itself at this point, but it appears to have occurred in a remote upland area:-<\/p>\n Google Earth image of the probable vicinity of the Tra Leng Commune landslide triggered by Typhoon Molave in Vietnam.<\/p><\/div>\n .<\/p>\n The other fatal landslide triggered by Typhoon Molave occurred at Tra Van Commune, also in Nam Tra My District. At this location seven bodies have been recovered to date<\/a>, with a further person reported to be missing.<\/p>\n![\"Typhoon](\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2020\/10\/20_10-Molave-1.jpg\")