36 dead, hundreds feared trapped in India landslides

The southern coastal state of Kerala has been battered by torrential downpours, and the collapse of a key bridge at the disaster site in Wayanad district has hampered rescue efforts, according to local media reports. "Thirty-six deaths have been confirmed in connection with the landslide in Wayanad," district official D.R. Meghasree told reporters. Kerala state health minister Veena George told the Press Trust of India news agency that "many" others had been injured and were being treated in hospital.