Landslides in north-eastern India leave nine dead
At least nine people, including five children, died Wednesday in landslides brought on by heavy monsoon showers in north-eastern India, officials said.
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- Published Date: 12:00 | 11 July 2018
- Modified Date: 12:49 | 11 July 2018
Torrential rains triggered landslides in northeastern India on Wednesday, killing eight children and a woman, an official said.
Heavy rains set off landslides in Tamenglong, about 155 kilometres (96 miles) west of Imphal, capital of the state of Manipur, a government official said.
"A total of nine people were killed and that includes eight children and a woman in three separate incidents of landslides in the Tamenglong area since early Wednesday," Tamenglong district magistrate Ravinder Singh told Reuters by telephone.
He said rescue workers were looking for more people buried in the debris.
Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains in South Asia have killed dozens of people and displaced more than a million, most in northeast India and Bangladesh, since June.
Heavy monsoon rains flooded several low-lying areas of India's financial capital Mumbai this week, paralysing train services used by millions of commuters daily and causing flight delays.