NEW DELHI, July 19 (Xinhua/GNA) – At least eight persons, including children and women, died and over 15 were injured when multiple landslides occurred amid heavy rains in the Mon district of India’s north-eastern state of Nagaland on Sunday, a senior district official confirmed.
While four dead bodies had been recovered, efforts were being made to find the other four. Those injured were admitted to a local hospital.
“Heavy rains caused the landslides. It is after many years that this area of Nagaland received so much rains. More than 40 houses have been washed away. We are still assessing the extent of damages caused,” said Mon district’s Deputy Commissioner Wennyei Konyak.
According to him, the landslides started occurring at around 6 a.m., and continued through the day.
Meanwhile, inclement weather prevailed in parts of Nagaland on Sunday.
GNA