- Title: WRAP: Landslides in India's Kerala kill 93, hundreds still missing
- Date: 30th July 2024
- Summary: Landslides swept through tea estates and villages in southern India's Kerala on Tuesday (July 30), killing at least 93 people, local media reported, after heavy rain collapsed hillsides and triggered torrents of mud, water and tumbling boulders. (2939-ASIA-WEATHER/INDIA-LANDSLIDE-MORE) PALAKKAD, KERALA, INDIA (JULY 30, 2024) (ANI - No use India) VARIOUS OF DAMAGED BRIDGE PARTLY SUBMERGED IN WATER AMID INCREASED RIVER FLOW VARIOUS OF TRAIN MOVING ON BRIDGE OVER OVERFLOWING RIVER THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, KERALA, INDIA (JULY 30, 2024) (ANI - No use India) (SOUNDBITE) (English) KERALA STATE CHIEF SECRETARY, V. VENU, SAYING: "The situation continues to remain very grave. The last time we got a confirmation from the hospitals, we have about 70+ dead bodies that have reached the hospitals…and so steps are being taken for the inquest and post-mortem but we have news that there are more people missing and the casualty (deaths) number may go up." KOZHIKODE, KERALA, INDIA (JULY 30, 2024) (ANI - No use India) WOMAN STANDING ON PORCH AMID FLOODING KOZHIKODE, KERALA, INDIA (JULY 30, 2024) (ANI - No use India) LOCALS STANDING NEAR FLOODED CHURCH FLOODED CHURCH Strong currents of muddy water were gushing through India's southern state of Kerala on Tuesday (July 30) where landslides killed at least 44 people. Nearby hillsides had collapsed after midnight on Tuesday as heavy rain sent rivers of mud and water on homes of workers and villagers. (2897-ASIA-WEATHER/INDIA-LANDSLIDE-SCENE) WAYANAD, KERALA, INDIA (JULY 30, 2024) (ANI - No use India) VARIOUS OF MUDDY WATER GUSHING THROUGH LANDSLIDE AFFECTED AREA WATER GUSHING AGAINST PILED TREE TRUNKS AND DEBRIS VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING PAST FLOODWATER THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, KERALA, INDIA (JULY 30, 2024) (ANI - No use India) (SOUNDBITE) (English) EXCISE MINISTER OF KERALA, M.B. RAJESH, SAYING: "So far, 44 people have died, officially confirmed. But, we fear that the gravity of this tragedy is much more than these numbers. Rescue operations are being carried out on a war footing. Police, NDRF (National Disaster Response Forces), fire force and various agencies are actively involved in the rescue operations." WAYANAD, KERALA, INDIA (JULY 30, 2024) (ANI - No use India) PEOPLE GATHERED NEAR VEHICLES NEAR AFFECTED AREA WATER GUSHING AGAINST PILED TREE TRUNKS AND DEBRIS
- Embargoed: 13th August 2024 14:50
- Keywords: floods landslides rains rescue river victims water
- Location: VARIOUS, INDIA
- City: VARIOUS, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Disaster/Accidents,Floods
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