Multiple landslides triggered by torrential rains in Wayanad district of southern Kerala state leave casualties, local media and officials say.
Television visuals show water gushing through rocks and fallen trees, with many houses destroyed. / Photo: TRT World
At least 19 people have been killed after multiple landslides in the hills of India's southern state of Kerala, local media reported, with heavy rain and poor internet connectivity hampering rescue efforts. Hundreds of people are likely to be trapped and as many 19 people have died, including a child, the Indian Express newspaper reported on Tuesday."The situation is serious. The government has pressed all agencies into rescue," state Forest Minister A K Saseendran told Reuters news agency.Relief efforts are ongoing, and two helicopters of the Indian Air Force have been mobilised, the Kerala chief minister's office said in a statement.
Rescue efforts were hampered as there was no internet connectivity in the area, Mohsen Shahedi, a senior National Disaster Response Force officer said. India regularly has severe floods during the monsoon season, which runs between June and September and brings most of South Asia’s annual rainfall.Scientists say monsoons are becoming more erratic because of climate crisis and global heating.
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