BENGALURU, India — Landslides triggered by pounding monsoon rains have killed at least 45 people in India, with at least 250 others rescued from a landscape transformed by mud and debris, officials said on Tuesday.
The southern coastal state of Kerala has been battered by heavy downpours, with blocked roads into the disaster area at Wayanad district complicating relief efforts.District official D.R. Meghasree told reporters that 45 people were dead and another 116 were in the hospital for treatment.
damaged car is swept away in a landslide-hit area in Wayanad district, Kerala state, southern India, on July 30, 2024. My thoughts are with all those who have lost their loved ones and prayers with those injured,' Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a post on X.com.Images published by the National Disaster Response Force show rescue crews trudging through mud to search for survivors and carry bodies on stretchers out of the area.Homes were caked with brown sludge as the force of the landslide's impact scattered cars, corrugated iron and other debris around the disaster site.
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