Monsoon rains in northern India kill 37

The death toll stands at at least 37 from monsoon rains that have hit northern India.

At least 37 people have been killed this week as monsoon rains triggered house collapses and flooded wide swathes of land in northern India.

Weather officials have predicted more rains in the next 48 hours in India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh.

Government spokesman Awanish Awasthi said Saturday that the deaths occurred since rains started on Thursday night.

Most of the victims died on Friday in Agra, the northern Indian city where the white marble Taj Mahal is located, including four members of a family who perished in a house collapse.


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