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Floods, landslides kill dozens as monsoon rains lash northern, eastern India
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NEW DELHI, 22 August 2022, (TON): Officials said “Floods and landslides triggered by intense monsoon rains killed at least 50 people in northern and eastern India over the last three days.”
The rains overwhelmed hundreds of villages, sweeping away houses and leaving residents stranded as rescue crews have been racing to evacuate survivors.
Earlier this month, the federal weather office had predicted that India was likely to receive an average amount of rain in August and September, pointing to overall good crop yields in Asia’s third-biggest economy that relies on farming to boost growth and generate jobs.
Farming contributes around 15 per cent to India’s $2.7 trillion economy while sustaining more than half the population of 1.3 billion.
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