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NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- A truck carrying 21 people washed away in flash floods Sunday in southern India, where at least 40 people have died over the past two days due to monsoons, a state official said.
The truck was attempting to cross a flooded bridge in the Guntur district of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh when it was washed away, Relief Commissioner Ratna Prabha told CNN.
Of the passengers, two are dead, eight have been rescued and 11 are missing, Prabha said. The search is ongoing for those 11, she said.
She said the death toll over the past 16 days from the heavy rains now stands at 55, and more rain is forecast for the coastal areas of the state. On Saturday, Prabha told CNN that more than 3,500 homes had been heavily damaged.
She said the state had opened relief camps all over the state. There, "food is provided to the affected people," she said. Officials are monitoring the situation and trying to obtain more information on loss of life and property, she added.
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