The number of people who died in the landslides that struck the hilly areas of Meppadi in Wayanad district on Tuesday following incessant rainfall has gone up to 158, the Kerala Revenue Department said today.
The bodies of 75 victims have been identified so far, according to a compilation of official data from the Kerala Revenue Department taking into account data of hospitals in the area. It said that postmortem procedures of 123 dead bodies have been completed and of these bodies of 62 victi
The death toll has risen to 84 and around 116 injuries have been reported in the landslides that hit the Meppadi area of Kerala's Wayanad, the Kerala Revenue Minister's office said on Tuesday.
Kerala Electricity Minister K Krishnankutty has directed that power connections in Wayanad's Chooralmala and Mundakkai landslide-affected areas be restored as soon as possible, the office of the Minister of Electricity said on Tuesday.
According to the office of the State Revenue Minister K Rajan, at least 63 people were dead and a total of 116 people are reported to be injured in the landslides that hit the district in the early hours today.
The death toll has risen to 63 and around 116 people were injured in the landslides that hit the Meppadi area of Kerala's Wayanad, the Kerala Revenue Minister's office said on Tuesday.
Army and Air Force have also been mobilied for the rescue operations in the area, that have been hampered as a main bridge has collapsed in the town of Chooralmala. The Kerala Chief Minister's Office said that police drones and a dog squad will be deployed for search and rescue efforts as
One team of the National Disaster Response Force's arrived at the Wayanad landslide site on Tuesday following a series of massive landslides that struck the hilly areas of Meppadi in the state's Wayanad in the early hours of July 30. Three more teams are on the way, informed NDRF DG Piyush A
Four people have been killed and several are feared trapped after massive landslides hit Wayanad in the early hours of Tuesday as heavy rainfall continued in Kerala.