Death toll climbs to 15 after landslide hits bus in India

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The death toll from a landslide that struck a private bus in India’s mountainous state of Himachal Pradesh has risen to 15, with one child still missing.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/5c26y9vk   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A bus was struck by a landslide during heavy rain and widespread floods in India's Himachal

00:07Pradesh state on Tuesday evening. Authorities said as of Wednesday, the death toll climbed

00:12to 15, with one child still missing, while three others were injured. They said the incident

00:18occurred around 6.30 p.m., when the bus was traveling from Marathon to Gumariwin.

00:30They said the landslide was triggered by continuous rainfall over the past two days in the region.

00:52Visuals from the scene showed the mangled wreckage of the bus on a mountain road. Indian Prime

00:58Minister Narendra Modi announced an ex-Gradia payment of 200,000 rupees for the next of

01:03kin of those killed and 50,000 rupees for the injured victims.

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