Mumbai
\nAt least 25 people died in three Mumbai suburbs when several houses collapsed after landslides triggered by heavy rain, local officials said on Sunday.
\nRescuers were seen using their hands to dig up the ground and retrieve bodies, local television showed, and authorities said more victims could be trapped inside the debris. Rescuers were also shown carrying the injured through narrow lanes on makeshift stretchers.
\nWithin the last 24 hours authorities have so far reported 11 incidents of houses or walls collapsing in the Mumbai area, officials said.
\nIn one neighbourhood about half a dozen shacks located at the base of a hill collapsed on top of each other, officials said.
\nPrime Minister Narendra Modi offered condolences in a tweet and announced aid for the victims.
\nSeveral areas in the city were flooded after heavy rainfall over the last 24 hours and suburban train services were disrupted, crippling India\u2019s financial capital.
\nMumbai and the coast of India\u2019s industrial Maharashtra state are expected to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall in the next four days, the weather department said on Sunday.
\nTorrential rain, especially during India\u2019s July-September monsoon, often triggers the collapse of buildings, especially older or illegally built structures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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