At least 22 people have died in floods in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand after days of flooding and landslides killed at least 28 in southern India.

At least eight people were missing and officials reported on Tuesday that others were trapped under debris. The army deployed helicopters to aid in the rescue efforts, the Associated Press reported.

According to Jyoti Negi, head of the state's Disaster Management Cell, 18 of the deaths occurred in the Himalayan resort town of Nainital, which was cut off from the rest of the state as roads and bridges washed away or were blocked by landslides.

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Since last week, flooding and landslides caused by heavy rains have already killed at least 28 people in southern India's Kerala state.

(MORE: Deadly Flooding, Landslides Hit Southern India)

One of India's top meteorologists and the former chief of the weather agency, K.J. Ramesh, blamed the increased rainfall on climate change and warming oceans, according to the Associated Press.

The Indian Meteorological Department forecasted heavy to very heavy rain in Uttarakhand state for the next two days, and for rain to return to southern India on Wednesday.

Click through the slideshow above to see images of the flooding in southern India.

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