More showers are expected after the weekend's "extremely heavy" downpours in India's West Bengal. Photo: AP PHOTO

Floods and landslides unleashed by unrelenting rain in India's eastern hill region of Darjeeling have killed at least 18 people after washing away homes, roads and bridges, authorities say, while the death toll in neighbouring Nepal has risen to 50.

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Several people were still missing on Monday as relief and restoration work got under way, said local government officials in India's state of West Bengal, warning the death toll was likely to rise as details flowed in from r

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