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PHOTOS: Powerful images from deadly India landslide

WATCH: Rescue workers and villagers dig through mud as they search for survivors of landslide

Officials in western India say at least 30 people have been killed by a massive landslide but more than 100 others are still believed to be trapped.

READ MORE: Mudslide swallows Indian village; at least 30 dead

Rescuers, some using their bare hands to dig, have pulled eight people out alive from the mud, rocks and debris of destroyed homes.

The area southeast of Mumbai has seen two days of torrential rains.

Villagers look on as rescue work continues at the scene of the landslide in Malin village in Pune district of India’s western state of Maharashtra on July 31, 2014. Indranil Mukherjee/Getty Images
Rescue workers carry the body of a victim after a massive landslide in Malin village in Pune district of western Maharashtra state, India, Thursday, July 31, 2014. Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo
A villager (L) mourns with a neighbour following a landslide at Malin village in Pune district of India’s western state of Maharashtra on July 31, 2014. Indranil Mukherjee/Getty Images
Indian survivors of the landslide at Malin village in Pune district in the western state of Maharashtra recuperate at a government hospital in Manchar on July 31, 2014. Indranil Mukherjee/Getty Images
Rescue workers stand on the bank of a river after a massive landslide in Malin village in Pune district of western Maharashtra state, India, Thursday, July 31, 2014. Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo
A mother (2nd R) who had lost her three children in a landslide, is accompanied by villagers to a temporary mortuary at Malin village in Pune district of India’s western state of Maharashtra on July 31, 2014. Indranil Mukherjee/Getty Images
Relatives wail after seeing the body of a victim after a massive landslide in Malin village in Pune district of western Maharashtra state, India, Thursday, July 31, 2014. Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo
A mudslide surrounds a building in Malin village in Pune district the western Indian state of Maharashtra on July 30, 2014. Indranil Mukherjee/Getty Images
An Indian woman, survivor of the landslide at Malin village in Pune district in the western state of Maharashtra, reaches out to her grandson as she recuperates at a government hospital in Manchar on July 31, 2014. Indranil Mukherjee/Getty Images

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