Landslide in India already accounts for 27 deaths and dozens missing
Time to Read: 1 minute
Due to the blockage of the roads and the distance to them from the place where the damage occurred, the rescue forces have indicated that this has prevented the arrival of suitable machinery for the rapid removal of the earth
India suffers a new natural disaster, after an avalanche or earth movement that dragged and buried a large group of people. Authorities report 27 deaths, but it is feared that the number may increase.
In the face of emergency, hundreds of rescuers have finished a four-day search for dozens of people still missing after heavy monsoon rains ravaged a village in western India.
Rescue teams have recovered the bodies of 27 people killed in a landslide Wednesday night that hit the village of Irshalwadi in Raigadh district, nearly 50 miles from Mumbai on Wednesday night. capital of the state of Maharashtra
Massive landslide on Irshalwadi village in Khalapar taluka of Raigad district happened at 11:00pm last night.
— NK (@nirmal_indian) July 20, 2023
5 dead so far with over 100 people still trapped!#MumbaiRains #MaharashtraRainspic.twitter.com/tguwxCR9jw
Heavy equipment such as bulldozers and bulldozers were unable to reach the village, which has no paved roads and is under massive mud around it.
India's meteorological department has put Maharashtra on alert as the state was hit with incessant rain last week. Local train service was disrupted in several places with water flowing inside the stations and over the tracks
Record monsoon rains have killed more than 100 people in northern India in the past three weeks, authorities said, according to international agencies, as downpours caused roads to collapse and houses to collapse.