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Rescuers recover 27 bodies in India landslide, many still missing

NDRF personnel search for victims at the site of a landslide at Irshalwadi village of Raigad district in Maharashtra state [AFP]

Hundreds of rescuers have recovered 27 dead bodies as they pushed on with a fourth day of searching for many people still missing after heavy monsoon rains triggered a massive landslide in a village in western India, according to an official.

Seventy-eight people are still unaccounted for since the landslide hit Irshalwadi village on Wednesday night in Raigadh district, nearly 80km (50 miles) from Mumbai, the Maharashtra state capital.

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