16 more killed, dozens rescued in India's monsoon deluge

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At least 16 people have been killed and a quarter of a million people displaced from their homes after heavy monsoon rains lashed eastern India, officials said Tuesday, as the air force joined rescue efforts.

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The latest deaths in West Bengal came a few days after 11 people were also killed in the state as the torrent of water swept away homes and triggered landslides.

Five of the 16 people killed were swept away in the flood and the rest died when their mud houses collapsed, officials said. Panicked residents had to flee for higher ground after water from a nearby dam was released, causing sudden flooding. Authorities have set up more than 40 relief centers for the displaced in the flood-affected districts, senior state official Harekrishna Dribedi, said.

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