Ten people dead, many trapped in Raigad landslide incident

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Rescue workers in Raigad, Maharashtra battled difficult terrain and bad weather on Thursday as they searched for survivors of the landslide that killed at least 10 people after incessant rain soaked the slopes, officials said...

The land gave way in the middle of the night in the remote hamlet of Irshalwadi, in the western state of Maharashtra, about 60 km (37 miles) from Mumbai, officials said.. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday morning arrived at the site of the landslide...

Ten bodies had been recovered and more than 80 people had been rescued, but it was estimated that at least 225 people lived in the hamlet, the state's deputy chief minister, Devendra Fadnavis, told the state assembly...

Initial reports said about 100 people were feared trapped under the debris and rescue workers were struggling in heavy rain and fog to find survivors nearly 12 hours after the disaster, a Reuters witness and media reported...

More rain was expected on Thursday but not as heavy, a weather department official said, and a red alert had been issued for the coast of Maharashtra and Gujarat state to the north, which has also been battered by rain this week...

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