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Friday, Sep 5, 2025
What is a safe place to live in a district that is highly prone to landslides? Overnight, schools, houses, towns, where people lived a normal life, vanished in a debris flow that travelled up to 6km from the initiation point in Kerala's Wayanad district. These were places considered safe to live at
By the time they reached the elevated surface, the third landslide, too, had occurred.
If they turned back, they would be engulfed by floodwaters, and if they moved forward, they risked being attacked by the elephants.
The new home her family had moved into just six weeks ago is reduced to rubble.
In 1961, landslides in Attappadi, Palakkad, claimed the lives of 73 individuals.
Rahul is also expected to hold talks with Chief Minister Vijayan and other ministers who had already arrived in the district.
Moidu found Ramsheena standing on the cot, screaming. The baby in her arms, too, was crying loud.
Here's a list of identified victims in landslide-affected areas of Mundakkai and Chooralmala.
Gigantic boulders and uprooted wild trees from the hills have bulldozed around 85 of the nearly 100 houses on either side of the 2 km stretch.
Adverse weather conditions due to incessant rain pose challenges in the area.
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