India floods: rescuers search for survivors among mud and debris

Death toll from heavy monsoon rains on western coast climbs to 76, with nearly 90,000 people evacuated

Rescuers in India combed through mud and debris on Saturday in a desperate search for survivors as the death toll from heavy monsoon rains climbed to 76, with nearly 90,000 people evacuated.

Torrential downpours have lashed India’s western coast in recent days, leaving dozens missing near the financial capital of Mumbai and causing the worst floods in decades in the resort state of Goa.

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