(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency)
New Delhi, Dhu-AlQa'dah 18, 1437, August 21, 2016, SPA -- At least 30 people have died in heavy monsoon rains
and floods in central and northern India over the past three days,
officials and news reports said Sunday, according to dpa.
At least 18 people had been killed in different parts of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh after incessant rains since Friday, Revenue Department official Ashok Gupta said. Most of the deaths were caused by house collapses and when people were swept away by overflowing rivers.
The worst affected districts were Satna and Rewa where several villages were inundated. People had been evacuated and housed in relief camps, Gupta said.
Five people also died after their house collapsed in Baran district of Rajasthan state while seven members of a family were killed when their house was destroyed by a landslide in Pauri district of Uttarakhand, state-run broadcaster Doordarshan reported.
--SPA
10:31 LOCAL TIME 07:31 GMT
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