Published Friday, July 10, 2020 | 12:52 p.m.<\/p>\n
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NEW DELHI (AP) Landslides triggered by heavy rain on Friday have killed at least eight people in Indias remote northeast, a top government official said.<\/p>\n
They included four members of a family who were buried under a mudslide in Tigado, a village in Arunachal Pradesh state, said Pema Khandu, the states top elected official, in a tweet.<\/p>\n
A mudslide killed another four people in Modirijo, another village in the state, Khandu said.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of people hit by the heavy rains are being transferred to government-run relief camps, he said. Other details were not immediately available.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was saddened by the loss of lives due to the heavy monsoon rain as well as landslides in Arunachal Pradesh.<\/p>\n
Indias monsoon season began last month and is due to last through September. Hundreds of people die every year because of flooding, mudslides and collapsing homes.<\/p>\n
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