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India: 27 bodies recovered, dozens still missing in massive landslide

Local officials confirmed that hundreds of rescuers have recovered 27 dead bodies as they pushed on with a fourth day of searching for many people still missing after heavy monsoon rains triggered a massive landslide in a village in western India.

78 people are still unaccounted for since the landslide hit Irshalwadi village on Wednesday night in Raigadh district, nearly 80km from Mumbai, the Maharashtra state capital.

According to official statements, at least 17 of 48 houses in the village were fully or partially buried under the debris.

Record monsoon rains have killed more than 100 people in northern India over the last three weeks, officials said, as the downpours caused roads to cave in and homes to collapse.

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