India begins landslide, flood clean-up as deadly monsoon rains ease

Torrential rains on India's western coast unleashed floods and landslides that killed 159 people AFP/-MUMBAI: Rescuers waded through waist-deep mud in western India Monday to reach injured residents and start a massive clean-up as the death toll from monsoon-triggered landslides and floods climbed to 198.

India's west coast was hit by severe rainstorms over several days, with a quarter of a million people evacuated from their homes in three states and power cut across vast areas. Rescuers are trying to reach people affected by the disaster, and have started a massive clean-up operation AFP/-"The focus has now shifted to evacuating the injured and restoring electricity as water levels recede," a National Disaster Relief Force spokesperson told AFP.

In the district of Satara neighbouring Taliye, at least 29 people were killed in multiple landslides.

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