Official: Landslides trap 150 people or more in western India

Dozens of homes in the village of Malin, India, were swept away by a
mudslide, an official said.

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Up to 40 houses may have been hit by landslides, official says

About 50 ambulances and 200 volunteers are on the scene

New Delhi, India (CNN)-- Landslides caused by heavy monsoon rains may
have trapped 150 people or more in a village in western India, a
senior official said Wednesday.

At least eight bodies had been recovered Wednesday as the search
continued. Two survivors were pulled out with injuries, said Suresh
Jadhav, a district administrator in Maharashtra state.

"There are reports that up to 30 to 40 houses have been affected," Jadhav said.

About 50 ambulances and 200 volunteers were sent to the scene to help
with the rescue effort, he said.

The landslides were reported around midnight in Malin, a village in
Maharashtra's Pune district, near Mumbai.

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