Due to heavy rains in Kerala's Wayanad, the number of people who died in landslides at different places has reached 313. 130 people are in hospital, while more than 240 people are still missing. So far more than 4 thousand people have been rescued. The weather department has issued an orange alert for rain today.
The rescue operation is over, the work of removing the bodies continues
The landslides occurred on the night of July 29 in Mundakkai, Churalmala, Attamala and Nulpuzha villages. Houses, bridges, roads and vehicles were washed away. At the same time, General Commanding Officer of the Army Major General VT Mathew said that the rescue operation has been completed. Now only the work of finding the dead bodies is being done.
The US President praised the rescue team
US President Joe Biden expressed grief over the accident. He said - in this difficult time, we are with India. We appreciate the people involved in the rescue. On the other hand, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi who reached Wayanad on Thursday will meet the victims here today.
483 people were killed in the flood that occurred in Kerala 6 years ago
Earlier, 483 people had died in a natural disaster in Kerala in 2018. The disaster was called the state's 'flood of the century'. Not only people lost their lives in the tragedy, but property and livelihoods were also destroyed. The central government had declared the 2018 floods as a 'disaster of serious nature'.