India, July 21 -- Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio on Monday visited landslide-hit Mon district to assess the damage as the death toll from rain-triggered landslides and floods rose to seven with the recovery of two more bodies, while rescue teams continued searching for two missing persons.

Officials said search and rescue teams recovered two more bodies on Monday, including that of a 13-year-old boy. Deputy commissioner of Mon, Wennyei Konyak, said one of the seven deaths was reported from Tizit sub-division, where a person drowned in floodwaters.

"The total bodies retrieved stands at seven. Two more persons are still missing in the debris and search and rescue volunteers are continuing to look for them," Konyak told HT.

"Mon dist...