3 army troopers die in a landslide following rain

Three Indian Army troopers died and six others, including an officer and his family, were missing after a massive landslide hit a forward military post in northeastern India's Sikkim state along the border with China, a statement from local defense authorities said on Monday.

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The incident happened Sunday night after a "catastrophic landslide," triggered by heavy rainfall, struck the army camp at Chaten in north Sikkim, around 120 kilometers (75 miles) from the state capital, Gangtok, the statement said.

The army is working round the clock to locate the six missing persons, including the commanding officer of the post, his wife, and daughter, the statement said.

The overall flood situation further deteriorated in Assam while the deluge slightly improved in other northeastern states, even as the death toll in floods, rain, and landslides rose to 36 in six northeastern states.

With two more deaths reported from Assam and Arunachal Pradesh on Monday, the total death toll during the current spell of rain and floods since May 29 increased to 36.

According to the disaster management officials of different northeastern states, out of 36, at least Il people were killed in Assam, followed by IO in Arunachal Pradesh, six each in Meghalaya and Mizoram, two in Tripura and one in Nagaland.