At least 150 dead in flooding and landslides in India and Nepal
by Hannah Ellis-Petersen South Asia correspondent from on (#5QXTT)
Himalayan state of Uttarakhand suffers heaviest rain in more than 100 years, with Nepal also badly affected
More than 150 people have died in devastating floods across India and Nepal, after some of the heaviest rainfall in over a century triggered flash flooding and landslides.
In the north Indian state of Uttarakhand, at least 46 people died and 11 were missing after record-breaking rainfall caused by cloudbursts, an intense deluge of rain, on Monday and Tuesday.
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