China News Service, July 27. According to Agence France-Presse, the death toll from landslides and floods caused by heavy rains in India has risen to 198.
On the 26th local time, rescuers waded into the water to rescue injured residents and began large-scale clean-up work.
Data map: On June 9, local time, Mumbai, India, encountered heavy rain and the streets were flooded by water.
The picture shows children playing on the flooded street.
In the hardest-hit state of Maharashtra, rescuers stopped their search and rescue operations in Taliye Village on the hillside southeast of Mumbai, where 53 bodies have been found.
The local government stated that the large-scale landslide that occurred on the 22nd caused dozens of houses to collapse. Currently, 31 people are still missing, search and rescue work will stop, and the missing will be included in the death list.
The west coast of India was hit by heavy rains for several days, 250,000 people in three states were evacuated from their homes, and large areas were cut off from electricity.
Experts say that climate change has increased the frequency and intensity of annual floods, which are essential to replenish rivers and groundwater, but will also cause wider damage and casualties.
Chief Minister of Maharashtra State Udaf Thackeray said on the 25th that what happened in the region was "unimaginable."
Pramod Savant, the chief minister of neighboring Goa, said the flood was the worst since 1982.
As the water level drops, the focus of rescue work has shifted to evacuate the wounded and restore power.
A spokesperson for the National Disaster Relief Force of India said: "The rain has stopped in most places and the water level has dropped. We are helping clean up, rescue and recover."