At least 43 people have died following major landslides in the southern Indian state of Kerala, officials said Tuesday.
A massive rescue operation is underway in Kerala’s northeastern district of Wayanad, involving 250 people from the national and state disaster rescue force and the Kerala fire services, PM Manoj, Press Secretary to the Kerala Chief Minister, told CNN. About a hundred people are injured and about a thousand people are impacted, A K Saseendran, the state’s minister for forest and wildlife, told CNN.
“Helicopters have also been brought there, but the weather is bad,” said George, the health minister. “There are many challenges there because there is no electricity.” CNN Weather reported widespread rainfall totals of 6 inches across Kerala, with some areas seeing almost 10 inches of rain. Kerala’s summers tend to be very wet, and these rainfall totals are standard for this time of year.
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