Mumbai

Landslides kill at least 25 in Mumbai after heavy rains

Rescuers were seen using their hands to dig up the ground and retrieve bodies, local television showed, and authorities said more victims could be trapped inside the debris. Rescuers were also shown carrying the injured through narrow lanes on makeshift stretchers.

Within the last 24 hours authorities have so far reported 11 incidents of houses or walls collapsing in the Mumbai area, officials said.

In one neighbourhood about half a dozen shacks located at the base of a hill collapsed on top of each other, officials said.

Storm set to hit Covid-ravaged Mumbai

Cyclone Nisarga is set to make landfall on India's west coast, near the city in Maharashtra state. Neighbouring Gujarat state is also likely to be impacted.

The National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) has deployed to both states.

The storm comes barely two weeks after Cyclone Amphan hit India's east coast.

More than 85 people were killed by Amphan in both eastern India and Bangladesh.