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Landslides in Kerala kill 93, hundreds missing

Published : Wednesday, 31 July, 2024 at 12:00 AM  Count : 194
KOCHI, July 30: Landslides swept through tea estates and villages in southern India's Kerala on Tuesday, killing at least 93 people, local media reported, after heavy rain collapsed hillsides and triggered torrents of mud, water and tumbling boulders.

The hillsides gave way after midnight following torrential rainfall on Monday in the Wayanad district of Kerala, a state renowned as one of India's most popular tourist destinations. Most of the victims were tea estate workers and their families who were asleep in makeshift shelters.

Television images showed rescue workers scrambling through uprooted trees and flattened tin structures as boulders lay strewn across the hillsides and muddy water gushed through. Rescuers were being pulled across a stream, carrying stretchers and other equipment to rescue people.
    —REUTERS



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