Soldiers and volunteers resumed rescue operations Monday morning after pulling 46 bodies from the mud left by a landslide that trapped two buses and washed away houses in northern India's Himalayan foothills. Soldiers had managed to pull out 46 bodies from the buses that were covered with rocks and mud. Two buses, two cars and a motorbike had been trapped on a highway by the landslide Sunday, said Mandi district official Sandeep Kadam. With the road blocked in several places, soldiers used shovels and pickaxes to remove rocks, boulders and debris covering the buses and pull out the bodies. Sharma, who was overseeing the rescue operations, said the death toll could rise and he did not hold out much hope for survivors.

Source: Fox News August 14, 2017 04:41 UTC