Death toll in India's Maharashtra state climbs to at least 34 after dam bursts
Rescue workers search for survivors after a wall collapsed on informal settlements due to heavy rains at a slum in Mumbai, India. July 2, 2019.
Datta said a preliminary investigation suggested the heavy rainfall swelled the water level behind the small dam, causing the breach. Heavy monsoon rains in Maharashtra have led to dozens of deaths since Monday night, from collapsed walls, drownings and other causes. A man stands near his house as waves caused by high tide hits the huts on the shore of the Arabian Sea in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, July 3, 2019. The worst-hit city has been India’s financial and entertainment capital, Mumbai, where at least 24 people have died and over 60 others are injured.
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