{"id":308175,"date":"2021-07-26T10:41:36","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T07:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/india-begins-landslide-flood-clean-up-as-deadly-monsoon-rains-ease\/"},"modified":"2021-07-26T10:41:36","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T07:41:36","slug":"india-begins-landslide-flood-clean-up-as-deadly-monsoon-rains-ease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/india-begins-landslide-flood-clean-up-as-deadly-monsoon-rains-ease\/","title":{"rendered":"#India begins landslide, flood clean-up as deadly monsoon rains ease"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#India begins landslide, flood clean-up as deadly monsoon rains ease<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Rescuers waded through waist-deep mud in western India Monday to reach injured residents and start a massive clean-up after heavy monsoon rains triggered landslides and floods that killed 159 people.<\/p>\n


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India’s western 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.<\/p>\n

Experts say climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of the annual deluge\u2014which is critical to replenishing rivers and groundwater but also causes widespread death and destruction.<\/p>\n

“The focus has now shifted to evacuating the injured and restoring electricity as water levels recede,” a National Disaster Relief Force spokesperson told AFP.<\/p>\n

“The rainfall has stopped in most places and water levels have receded. We are helping with clean-up, relief and restoration.”<\/p>\n

In the worst-hit state Maharashtra, where the toll rose to 149 on Sunday, officials said search operations were halted in the hillside village of Taliye, southeast of Mumbai.<\/p>\n

Some 53 bodies have been recovered in the village so far, with 17 people still missing, after a large landslide washed away people and homes on Thursday.<\/p>\n

In the neighbouring district of Satara, 29 people were killed in multiple landslides.<\/p>\n