At least 15 dead in India monsoon floods

At least 15 people were killed in floods and landslides triggered by monsoon rains that battered northern India, with New Delhi receiving the most rainfall in decades, reports and officials said Sunday.

Roads in several parts of the capital were submerged in knee-deep water as it was inundated with 153 millimeters of rain, the highest precipitation in a single day in July in 40 years. With at least another day of heavy rain forecast, authorities have ordered schools shut in New Delhi on Monday.

The Press Trust of India news agency reported Sunday that 15 people had been killed in the past 24 hours in six northern Indian states. Hill states were the worst affected, leaving six dead in Himachal Pradesh alone where landslides blocked about 700 roads.

India's meteorological department has forecast more rain across large parts of northern India in coming days.