Kerala Braces for More Rainfall After Landslides Claim 158 Lives

Kerala is still in shock after fratricidal landslides that hit two villages and taken at least 158 lives and 128 were injured. More than a hundred people are still unaccounted for and the concern is still alive. Saying that it expects “heavy to very heavy rainfall” in isolated parts of the state on Wednesday, the IMD added that there will be strong surface winds at 30 to 40 kmph in the state, with gusts at up to 50 kmph.

The calamities that took place on Tuesday during the onset of the night buried whole villages and regions, leaving destruction behind them. Being an official mourning the government of the state has ordered the flag of the nation to be lowered half way. All educational establishments will be closed on Wednesday, and 11 districts will be on a holiday.

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Kerala Government has also banned all meetings/opening ceremonies/ and other formal celebrations that are planned in the day also. Rescue workers have begun retrieving more bodies at Mundakkai in Wayanad, where a massive landslide yesterday caused large-scale destruction to life and property. Several bodies are believed to be lying buried beneath the debris. More bodies are being retrieved from Chaliyar river in Malappuram district. The bodies were washed away in the landslide into the river yesterday. The death toll in the tragedy has risen to 158, 186 persons are undergoing treatment in various hospitals. About 100 people are reportedly missing, but the number is likely to be more.