Death toll in India landslides and floods rises to 49: officials

Agence France-Presse

At least 49 people were killed, nine of them in a temple collapse, and dozens more were feared missing after intense rains caused floods and landslides in India, officials said Monday.

In the worst-affected state of Himachal Pradesh, 41 people were killed in the past 24 hours, up from an earlier toll of 24, an official statement said. 

At least eight others have been killed since Friday in neighbouring Uttarakhand state, officials said.

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