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Associated Press
Wasbir Hussain
Guwahati, India (AP) — After several weeks of heavy rain, a landslide occurred in northeastern India, killing at least 7 people and about 40 A person died. Other missing, officials said Thursday.
Disaster response workers, police and local villagers were trying to rescue people buried under the debris of Nonnie, a town near Imphal, the capital of Manipur.
All confirmed dead were members of the volunteer territorial army, said state Prime Minister N. Biren Singh. He said five Indian Railways officials were among those who were afraid to go missing.
A railroad project was being built in the area where the rebels rebelled, and military personnel provided security to the railroad personnel who oversaw the project. The rebellion decades ago in the state called for separate homeland for ethnic and tribal groups.
Continued rainfall over the past three weeks has caused havoc in eight states, northeastern India with a population of 45 million, and neighboring Bangladesh.
In states such as Assam, Manipur, Tripla and Sikkim, an estimated total of about 200 people have died in heavy rains and landslides, and 42 have died in Bangladesh since May 17. Exiled.
Scientists say climate change is the factor behind the volatile early rains that caused unprecedented floods. South Asian monsoon rains usually begin in June, but torrential rains hit northeastern India and Bangladesh as early as March this year.
As the temperature of the earth rises due to climate change, experts say that the monsoon season is becoming more volatile. This means that much of the rain that usually falls throughout the season arrives in a shorter period of time.
