At least 25 killed by landslides and flash flooding in India as thousands of people flee their homes
‘The house has gone… children have gone’: At least 25 killed by landslides and flash flooding in India as thousands of people flee their homes
At least 25 people died in landslides and floods triggered by heavy rains in India11 bodies were found in Idukki district and another 14 in Kottayam, officials saidThousands of people have been evacuated and at least 100 relief camps set up
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At least 25 people have died in landslides and floods triggered by heavy rains in India, officials have said.
Thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala over the weekend, while rescuers have been scouring for survivors in muddy debris and the military flew in emergency supplies.
People were cut off in parts of the coastal state of Kerala after the rains, which started to intensify from late Friday, swelled rivers and flooded roads over the weekend.
Eleven bodies have been found so far in Idukki district and another 14 in Kottayam district, officials told AFP, after the areas were hit by landslides and flash floods.
Among the dead are a family of six – including three children and a grandmother – who were killed in a landslide in Kottayam district.
At least 25 people have died in landslides and floods triggered by heavy rains in India, officials said Sunday
Thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala
Video shared on social media showed debris strewn across streets and bridges in Kerala state
‘There were four landslides that happened there [in Kuttikkal village] yesterday, the hill behind me, which brought water and other items downwards,’ a local resident told Reuters partner ANI on Sunday, standing in front of now-barren hillside.
One distraught man told Kerala news channel Manorama TV in Koottickal town in Kottayam, after it was hit by a landslide: ‘It was my livelihood. Everything is gone.’
‘The hill broke off near us. There has been a lot of damage and loss. The house has gone. Children have gone,’ a woman from Koottickal added.
The bodies of three more children – aged eight, seven and four – were recovered from under debris in the Idukki district, the BBC reported.
At least 100 relief camps have been set up, Kerala’s Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said Sunday.
The army, navy and airforce are assisting with flood relief and rescue operations, with fishing boats also deployed to help the effort. Officials could not say how many people were missing.
Video shared on social media showed buses and cars submerged in floodwaters. Other footage showed the dramatic moment a two-storey house collapsed into flood waters and was swept away in Kottayam district.
Over the weekend as rescuers scoured for survivors in muddy debris and the military flew in emergency supplies
Residents were cut off in parts of the coastal state of Kerala as the rains, which started to intensify from late Friday, swelled rivers and flooded roads
Rescue teams from the Indian navy flew into Kerala state on Sunday to aid evacuation efforts
At least 25 people were killed in land- and mudslides caused by heavy rain in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala
Water rushes through forests in Kerala state in the aftermath of a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted his condolences and said authorities were working to help those who were affected or hit by the deluge.
The India Meteorological Department said the heavy rains, caused by a low pressure area over the southeastern Arabian Sea and Kerala, were expected to ease on Monday.
In northern India, some states including the Himalayan regions of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh are forecast to experience ‘heavy to very heavy rainfall’ in the next two to three days, the weather bureau said.
The northern weather system would be caused by a low pressure area over Afghanistan and its surroundings interacting with strong winds from the Bay of Bengal, it added.
In 2018, nearly 500 people were killed in Kerala when it was ravaged by the worst floods to hit the state in almost a century.
The army, navy and airforce are assisting with flood relief and rescue operations, with fishing boats also deployed to help the effort
Video shared on social media showed debris strewn across streets as the water raged through towns in Kerala state
Rescue workers carry the body of a victim after recovering it from the debris of a residential house following a landslide caused by heavy rainfall at Kokkayar village, Kerala state
Rescue teams helped recover bodies of victims trapped under rubble and debris after landslides in southern India caused by heavy rainfall
The India Meteorological Department said the heavy rains, caused by a low pressure area over the southeastern Arabian Sea and Kerala, were expected to ease on Monday
A man holds an umbrella and keeps a watch on his grazing cows on a rainy day in Kochi, Kerala state, during mass flash flooding in the region
