12 dead in quarry collapse in India

By Agence France-Presse

May 29, 2024 12:07 am

GUWAHATI, India — Torrential rains in the wake of a powerful cyclone caused a quarry in India's northeastern Mizoram state to collapse, killing 12 people, government officials said on Tuesday.

'So far, 12 bodies have been found. We are looking for more,' Nazuk Kumar, deputy commissioner of Aizawl district, told Agence France-Presse (AFP).

DWELLINGS AFTER DISASTER This aerial photograph shows damaged houses after Cyclone Remal’s landfall in the town of Patuakhali, south-central Bangladesh, on May 28, 2024. AFP PHOTO

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