At least 37 people are known to have died because of monsoon rains which have triggered house collapses and flooded wide areas of land in northern India.The dead included four members of a family whose house collapsed, he said.Rains also damaged an outer boundary wall of a 16th century fortress west of Agra.However, there was no damage to the main monument, said another official, PK Singh.Mr Singh said schools were being closed.The monsoon season usually lasts until October.In 2016, floods caused by the monsoon rains killed more than 300 and affected 6 million people. At least 37 killed as homes collapse during heavy monsoon rains in India

Weather officials have predicted more rain in the next 48 hours in India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh. Government spokesman Awanish Awasthi said Saturday that the deaths occurred since rains started on Thursday night. Most of the victims died on Friday in Agra, the northern Indian city where the white marble Taj Mahal is located, including four members of a family who perished in a house collapse. (AP Photo/R S Iyer)

Rains also damaged an outer boundary wall of the 16th century Fatehpur Sikri fort, west of Agra. However, there was no harm to the main monument and to human life, said another official, P.K. Singh said authorities closed schools on Saturday in the area as the weather department issued an alert for more rains.
Heavy monsoon rains in northern India leave 58 people dead.