The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said the current monsoon has been the heaviest since 1994, classifying it "above normal", and this year's season has been longer than usual.
The accident that took place in India's Bihar state and was caused by a rail fracture.
Indian police have arrested 14 people suspected of kidnapping, raping and burning to death a teenage girl, the latest in rising crimes against women in India despite the toughening of laws.
Surging river waters have so far affected 17 million people in the eastern state of Bihar, officials say.
Torrential monsoon rain and flooding in recent weeks have killed at least 300 people in western and eastern states, and more than a million households have been affected.
Dozens of workers are still missing after a collapse at a state-owned coal mine in the Godda district.
Mother Teresa, a woman who impacted countless lives, is to be recognised as a Saint by the Catholic Church tomorrow. The canonisation process completed just 19 years after her death, but not without some controversy.
Magnitude 6.9 earthquake hits Myanmar, neighbouring countries also feel tremors
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