27 die as floods devastate 3 states

At least 27 people have died in rain-related incidents in the three Indian states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand in the past two days, a senior police official said on Sunday.

"While 15 people lost their lives in the central state of Madhya Pradesh since Friday evening, including seven who were killed after their house collapsed in Sagar district, five deaths were reported from the western state of Rajasthan in another house collapse incident," he said.

In the northern state of Uttarakhand's Pauri district, seven people belonging to one family were killed when their house was demolished by huge boulders that rolled down the hill, following a downpours on Saturday, the official said.