(New Delhi) At least 30 people are dead or missing following flash floods in southern India, media reported on Saturday, which reported three coaches washed away.
Rescue workers brought out a dozen bodies after three buses were washed away in the coastal state of Andhra Pradesh on Friday.
At least 18 other people are still missing, according to the news website The NewsMinute.
The increasingly unpredictable and extreme weather conditions that have plagued southern Asia in recent years are caused by climate change and exacerbated by deforestation, dam construction and over-development, experts say.
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Dozens of people have died since October in India in floods and landslides caused by heavy rainfall, and meteorologists reported heavy rainfall in several parts of the south on Saturday.
At least 42 people were killed last month in heavy rains that hit Kerala.
On Friday, the state authorities banned access to the temple of Sabarimala, one of Hinduism’s holiest shrines, due to heavy rains.
Since last week, hundreds of devotees have come to Sabarimala every day as part of an annual pilgrimage that lasts two months.
Rising waters of the Pamba River, considered sacred, forced authorities to ban worshipers from going there for a day, the newspaper reported on Saturday. Hindustan Times.