/ Source: The Associated Press
Heavy monsoon rains and landslides have swept hilly areas of northern India over the weekend, killing at least 47 people.
Prashant Kumar Tamta, a state government spokesman, says 24 people died on Sunday as falling boulders crushed their homes in three villages in Almorah district in Uttrakhand state.
He told The Associated Press on Monday that another 23 people were either swept away by flood waters or died when homes collapsed due to landslides. The slides were in Pitthoragarh, Champawat and Uttarkashi regions of the state on Saturday and Sunday.
The annual monsoon season from June to October brings rains that are vital to agriculture in India but take a heavy human toll.
