Salil Panchal
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/ 27 July 2005

Many dead after pounding rains hit India

At least 99 people were reported killed and more than 100 trapped as India’s worst day of rainfall on record triggered landslides and building collapses in the western state of Maharashtra, a government official said on Wednesday. Mumbai, India’s commercial hub, was paralysed by 24 hours of pounding monsoon rains.