Torrential rains have disrupted lives across North Bengal claiming at least 14 lives and leaving one missing, after heavy downpour triggered massive landslides that cut off several villages in the region, officials said on Sunday.

One of the major landslides, which struck near the Mirik-Sukhiapokhri road in the Darjeeling subdivision, swept away homes and disrupted vehicular movement, severing communication links with adjoining hamlets.

According to district officials, villages such as Bishnulal Gaon, Ward 3 Lake Side, and Jasbir Gaon were among the worst affected, and six deaths were reported from that area. Another person died in a tea estate. Several houses and tea garden quarters were reportedly damaged or buried under debris.

A senior police officer said the exact number of casualt

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