India rescuers hunt for survivors as monsoon toll hits 115

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Rescuers in India waded through knee-deep mud and debris Saturday in a grim search for survivors as the death toll from heavy monsoon rains climbed to 115, with nearly 150,000 others evacuated.

“There was a huge whooshing sound and the village just collapsed,” he told AFP.

Heavy rains also caused flooding in many regions of the southwestern state of Karnataka, killing three people and sparking the evacuation of 9,000, officials said. It warned of potentially severe consequences for food, farming and the economy affecting nearly a fifth of the world’s population. The downpour caused the Savitri river to burst its banks, leaving the town of Mahad completely inaccessible by road, and prompting terrified residents to climb onto rooftops and upper floors to escape swelling waters.

 

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