NEW DELHI, June 2, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Torrential rains in northeast India 
resulted in a deadly landslide that crushed and killed three soldiers with 
six more missing, the Indian army said Monday.

Flash floods and landslides in the annual monsoon rains have killed at least 
30 people in India's northeast states in the past week.

The landslide that killed the soldiers took place on Sunday evening in the 
mountainous state of Sikkim, which shares a border with Nepal and China, and 
hosts a large military presence.

The army said in a statement that the "massive landslide, triggered by heavy 
rains, struck an army camp" around dusk on Sunday.

The army posted pictures on social media showing a swath of earth that had 
semi-submerged a building, and left a giant mud gash on a hillside.

Flash floods are common during the monsoon season, which usually begins in 
June and eases by the end of September.

South Asia is getting hotter and in recent years has seen shifting weather 
patterns, but scientists are unclear on how exactly a warming planet is 
affecting monsoons.