A massive landslide in western Sudan's Darfur region has destroyed a village, leaving over 1,000 people dead, a rebel group that controls the area said on Monday.

The landslide occurred on Sunday in the village of Tarasin —  located in the Marra Mountains — after days of incessant rain, the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM) said. 

Sudan village 'completely leveled'

The rebel movement said there was a lone survivor in the disaster-struck village.

"Initial information indicates the death of all village residents, estimated to be more than one thousand individuals, with only one survivor," the group said.

The village "has now been completely leveled to the ground," the SLM added.

The group has appealed to the United Nations and international aid agencies to help in the recovery of the bodies of victims.

On Tuesday, the ruling Sovereign Council in the capital, Khartoum, mourned "the death of hundreds of innocent residents" in the landslide.

It said in a statement that "all possible capabilities" have been mobilized to support the region.

Meanwhile, pictures and footage circulating on social media appeared to show large sections of the mountainside collapsed, with the village purportedly buried under thick mud and uprooted trees.

Worsening humanitarian situation in Sudan

Sudan is currently in the third year of a deadly civil war and is witnessing one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world.

A famine has been declared in parts of Darfur.

People escaping the war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in North Darfur state have sought shelter in the Marra Mountains area where food and medication is scarce.

Edited by: Wesley Dockery