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At least 15 people were killed late Tuesday night after a massive landslide swept away debris Indianorthern state of Himachal PradeshLocal officials said.
The bus was traveling on a hilly stretch near Bilaspur district when a landslide occurred after days of torrential rains. There were at least 25 passengers in the bus at that time. Police said nine men, four women and two children were among those killed.
Three injured children were rescued and admitted to a local hospital for treatment, according to a statement from the office of the state’s top electoral official, Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu.
Police said rescue operations were underway on Wednesday trying to find other missing passengers who were presumed dead.
Intermittent rain has lashed the region since Monday, making the delicate mountain slopes unstable.
chairman Draupadi Murmu and prime minister Narendra Modi Offered their condolences after the deadly landslide.
Excessive rainfall this year has caused floods and landslides in the South Asian region, including IndiaPakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Maldives and Nepal,
Flash flood sweeps away an entire village in India’s northern state Uttarakhand In August, at least 44 people were killed in neighboring Nepal over the weekend as severe rains caused mudslides and floods.
The weekend’s heavy rainfall came at the end of Nepal’s monsoon season, which usually begins in June and ends in mid-September. It also spared parts of the capital, Kathmandu, and caused the cancellation of all domestic flights on Saturday.
Experts say human-caused climate change is accelerating South Asia’s monsoon, which traditionally runs from June to September, and again from October to December. Rain, once predictable, now arrives in irregular bursts that dump extreme amounts of water in short periods of time, followed by dry spells.