At least 10 people were killed when their homes collapsed and another eight were missing after being swept away by floodwaters in northern India, bring the death toll from annual monsoon rains to at least 239, government officials said today.

Heavy rains collapsed houses and swollen rivers inundated thousands of villages in India’s largest state, killing at least 28 people, officials said today.

Torrential rain and floods swept the eastern Indian state of Bihar, claiming at least three lives and leaving thousands marooned today as the army struggled to carry out rescue and relief operations.