At least 29 killed in monsoon-triggered India landslide

NEW DELHI - At least 29 bodies have been recovered after a massive landslide triggered by monsoon rains swept away dozens of tea estate workers in southwestern India, police said Sunday.

"By yesterday evening, we had taken out 26 dead bodies. We have taken out three more today," a district police official told AFP.Kerala has been hit by deadly floods during the annual monsoon. At least 18 people died in a passenger jet crash in Kerala on Friday when an Air India Express jet overshot the runway while trying to land in a storm and plunged down a bank.

The monsoon across South Asia is critical to replenishing rivers and groundwater, but also causes widespread death and destruction. More than 300 people have died in floods and landslides in eastern and northeastern India, Bangladesh and Nepal in recent weeks.

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