Rescue workers in India battled difficult terrain and bad weather as they searched for survivors. Read more at straitstimes.com.
MUMBAI - Rescue workers in India battled difficult terrain and bad weather on Thursday as they searched for survivors of a landslide that killed at least five people in a mountain village after incessant rain soaked the slopes, officials said.
“A total of 48 families lived there. Around 75 people have been evacuated and five people have died so far,” the state’s deputy chief minister, Mr Devendra Fadnavis, said on Twitter. “It is difficult to bring in heavy machinery to this place. It is a 2.8km trek to reach the spot and we have to remove the debris manually which is likely to take a lot of time.”
Several districts in the state recorded more than 100 mm of rain on Wednesday with more heavy showers expected, according to the weather department.
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