At least forty-six people were killed in a landslide triggered by heavy rains in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, police said today.
Three villages in the hilly Pithoragarh district were swept away in the landslide after a cloudburst yesterday, local police official MS Sathnam said.
Seventeen bodies have so far been recovered, he said, with rescue efforts yesterday by local emergency personnel and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police hampered by bad weather.
"It has stopped raining now, and rescue work is underway in full swing," he said.
Reuters