At least 11 people were killed and more than 30 others feared buried after a huge landslide struck a passenger bus and few other vehicles in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday. The tragedy occurred on the Reckong Peo-Shimla highway in the state's Kinnaur district, some 200 kms from Himachal Pradesh's capital Shimla. Apart from the local police, the para-military Indo-Tibetan Border Force (ITBP) was soon pressed into rescue operations. So far, 13 people have been rescued, officials said. Read: 5 of a family killed in Cox’s Bazar landslide "A landslide reported on Reckong Peo- Shimla Highway in #Kinnaur District in Himachal Pradesh today... One truck, a HRTC Bus and few vehicles reported came under the rubble. Many people reported trapped," the ITBP tweeted. "The bodies of the deceased have been sent to a nearby hospital. Those rescued were also taken to the same medical facility for treatment," a police official told the media. The Indian Prime Minister's Office tweeted to say that Narendra Modi had taken stock of the situation. Read: Landslides hit Chattogram, no casualties reported "PM @narendramodi spoke to Himachal Pradesh CM  @jairamthakurbjp regarding the situation in the wake of the landslide in Kinnaur. PM assured all possible support in the ongoing rescue operations," it said. Himachal Pradesh is experiencing the heaviest monsoon rains in recent decades. Just last month, another landslide claimed the lives of nine tourists visiting the state. Not only Himachal Pradesh, the western Indian state of Maharashtra also witnessed heavy monsoon rains in July. More than 100 people lost their lives in the state in last month alone due to rain-related incidents like floods and landslides.

Multiple disasters caused by torrential rains in eastern Indonesia have killed at least 55 people and displaced thousands, the country’s disaster relief agency said Monday. More than 40 other people were missing. Mud tumbled down from surrounding hills onto dozens of homes in Lamenele village shortly after midnight on Adonara island in East Nusa Tenggara province. Rescuers recovered 38 bodies and at least five people were injured, said Lenny Ola, who heads the local disaster agency. Also Read: Heavy rains trigger landslide, floods in Indonesia; 44 dead Flash flooding killed at least 17 people elsewhere and at least 42 are missing, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency. Relief efforts were hampered by power cuts, blocked roads covered in thick mud and debris as well as the remoteness of the area on an island surrounded by choppy seas and high waves, said the agency’s spokesperson, Raditya Jati. The bodies of three people were recovered after being swept away by floods in Oyang Bayang village, where 40 houses were also destroyed, Ola said. Hundreds of people fled submerged homes, some of which were carried off by the floodwaters. In another village, Waiburak, three people were killed and seven missing after overnight rains caused rivers to burst their banks, sending muddy water into large areas of East Flores district, Ola said. Four injured people were being treated at a local health clinic. The death toll reached 55 by Monday morning after the rains caused cold lava to tumble down the slopes of Ili Lewotolok volcano and hit several villages, Jati said. Also Read: Monsoon landslides: Death toll rises to 113 in Myanmar That disaster on Lembata island killed at least 11, while at least 16 others were still buried under tons of cold lava, Jati said. The lava was left after the volcano had erupted in November. Hundreds of people were still involved in the rescue efforts as of late Sunday, Jati told a news conference. At least six villages have been affected by flash floods and a landslide that cut five bridges on the island, he said. Photos released by the agency showed rescuers and police and military personnel taking residents to shelters. Authorities were still collecting information about the full scale of casualties and damage in the affected areas, Jati said. Severe flooding also has been reported in Bima, a town in the neighboring province of West Nusa Tenggara, forcing nearly 10,000 people to flee. Seasonal rains frequently cause flooding and landslides in Indonesia, an archipelago of 17,000 islands where millions of people live in mountainous areas or near fertile flood plains.