Army's search for 'bodies' in India continues

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 03, 2024 12:13 am

BENGALURU, India — Army units pushed deeper Friday into Indian tea plantations and villages struck by landslides that killed more than 200 people, working on the assumption that not a single person was left alive to rescue.

The number of fatal floods and landslides in India has increased in recent years, and experts say climate change is exacerbating the problem.

‘NOBODY LEFT ALIVE’ India army soldiers and workers conduct a search and rescue operation after the landslides in Wayanad on Aug. 2, 2024. AFP Photo

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