The death toll in Tuesday’s landslides in Kerala’s Wayanad district rose to 221 on Sunday, a day on which eight unidentified bodies were buried at a plantation in Meppadi panchayat after an all-religion prayer. About 1,300 uniformed personnel and 1,700 volunteers conducted extensive searches for bodies in the affected areas with the help of excavators and other equipment. They recovered two bodies on Sunday. Eight unidentified bodies were buried Sunday after DNA samples were taken from them. These would be matched with the DNA samples collected from close relatives of…
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It was her call that first alerted rescuers to Wayanad landslides. When they got to her, it was too late | India News
Soon after the first of a series of devastating landslides hit the hilly Meppadi panchayat in Kerala’s Wayand at around 1 am Tuesday, Neethu Jojo woke up to water gushing into her house. At 1.30 am, she alerted Wayanad Institute of Medical Sciences (WIMS), Meppadi, after which the first rescue team was sent to the spot. The rescuers, however, took hours to reach her area in Chooralmala village – one of the worst hit – as the roads were blocked by debris. By the time they reached, the next landslide…
Wayanad disaster: Amit Shah says Centre warned Kerala of excessive rain and landslides on July 23 | India News
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday told the Rajya Sabha that the Centre warned the Kerala Government on July 23 of the possibility of excessive rain and landslides, seven days before landslides in Wayanad district led to at least 144 deaths and the devastation of several villages. Shah said nine teams of the National Disaster Response Force were despatched to Kerala on July 23 and that subsequent warnings were issued to the state government on July 24, July 25 and July 26. Clarifying the government’s stance after a calling-attention…
Uproar in Lok Sabha as BJP’s Tejasvi Surya blames Congress, Left governments for Wayanad landslides | India News
The Lok Sabha witnessed an uproar on Wednesday after BJP MP Tejasvi Surya blamed the Wayanad landslides on the Congress and Left governments that have been in power in Kerala, attributing the tragedy to “unbridled commercial activity” in the eco-sensitive areas of the Western Ghats. “The landslides in Wayanad have taken the lives of 160 innocent people. Over the last five years, more than 350 people have died in landslides and other disasters in Kerala. Unbridled, unregulated commercial activity including quarrying and mining in the eco-sensitive areas of Western Ghats…
62 killed in rain-related incidents in Nepal in one month | World News
At least 62 people were killed and 90 others sustained injuries in rain-related incidents across Nepal over the past four weeks since the onset of the monsoon season, according to home ministry officials on Sunday. The primary causes of these monsoon-related deaths are landslides, floods, and lightning strikes, they said. Of the fatalities, 34 people were killed by landslides, while 28 succumbed to floods resulting from incessant rains. Additionally, seven individuals are reported missing in connection with these natural calamities, the officials said. The heavy rains and subsequent floods and…
Heavy storms cause deadly floods and landslides in Switzerland and Italy
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