Indian massive landslide search enters third day with 25 confirmed dead; nearly 40 still missing


In this handout photo released by the Indian Army and taken on July 1, 2022, security forces and disaster relief teams search for survivors and victims after a landslide in Noney district, some 50 Km from Manipur's capital Imphal. Rescuers in India's northeast have recovered 25 bodies from the site of a landslide that buried a railway construction camp, the army said on July 1, after a second day of search efforts. - AFP

GUWAHATI, India, July 2, 2022 (AFP): The search for survivors buried under a landslide in India's northeast entered its third day Saturday with 25 bodies pulled from the rubble and nearly 40 people still missing.

Security forces and disaster relief teams raced against the clock to find any more survivors trapped under the debris at a railway construction camp in Manipur state.

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