At least 45 people have died, mostly in house collapses and drowning, amid heavy rains in India's western Gujarat state over the past two days, dpa cited officials as saying Thursday. The southern Saurashtra region was worst hit with most of the deaths reported from Amreli district, an official at the Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority said. At least two districts in southern Gujarat - Amreli and Rajkot - and the Gir National Park, sole home of the Asiatic lion, were facing floods, the official said.
