At least 30 people, including seven children, were killed in landslide incidents in Pakistan and Myanmar.
In Pakistan, thirteen people including seven children were crushed to death in Karachi Tuesday when a rare landslide struck their thatch huts as they slept, officials said.
The victims, who police said were from three families, were living on a plot of land carved out of a hill in the eastern neighbourhood of Gulistane Jauhar when the tragedy struck in the early hours.
Rescue workers initially dug through the rubble with shovels and hoes in the hunt for survivors before switching to mechanical tools.
In Myanmar, the landslide triggered by torrential rains has killed at least 17 people and forced the evacuation of scores more, state media said Tuesday.
The landslide hit a village in Hpa-saung township in the remote Kayah state on Monday afternoon, killing 10 men and seven women, the Global New Light of Myanmar reported.
More than 360 people areas have been relocated to temporary relief camps that have been opened at schools and a local hospital, with more heavy rain expected, it said.
Scores of people died in July when the worst flooding in years hit the country, affecting 1.6 million people nationwide.
Myanmar’s annual monsoon rains provide a lifeline to farmers but can also prove deadly, with landslides.