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Floods, landslides across northern India kill at least 25

 

At least ⁠25 people died in floods and landslides caused by torrential ​rain across northern and northeastern ​India over the weekend, officials said on Monday, with more rain predicted over the next few days.
* At least 15 people were killed in separate rain-related incidents in Poonch, Rajouri and Doda districts of Indian-administered Kashmir, while several ⁠others were reported missing, a senior police official said.
* In ⁠the northeastern state of Nagaland, multiple landslides triggered by persistent rains killed nine people, and rescue teams have recovered four bodies, a senior district ‌official told Reuters.
* In the neighbouring state ​of Assam, one ⁠person died on Sunday in floods, the state ​disaster management body said. ‌More than 57,000 people across seven districts of the state have been affected by torrential rains.
* 'Active ​monsoon conditions are likely to persist over northwest, east and northeast India during the next 6-7 days,' India's weather office said in a post on social media website X.
* In the neighbouring Himalayan ‌nation of Nepal, 27 people have been killed, one remains ​missing and 69 others have been injured in floods, landslides, heavy ​rain ‌and ⁠lightning strikes, since the monsoon began in mid-June, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said.
* Several highways, including the ​one linking the national capital, Kathmandu, with southern plains ⁠have been ​blocked due to debris dumped after landslides, police said on Monday.
* Nepal's weather department forecast light to moderate rainfall across much of the Himalayan nation on Monday, with heavy rain expected ​at isolated locations in Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki and Lumbini ​provinces.