Incessant rains caused widespread destruction in the region and damaged some portions of the national highway as huge boulders fell down the road, local people said.
While presenting a resolution for the adjournment of the house, Vijayan said this was a time to leave aside differences and to work together to bring help and solace to the disaster-affected families.
The visuals show the double-story house slowly tilting back as the mud underneath it was gradually washed away by the raging muddy water of Manimalayar until it crashed into the river which instantly swept it away leaving hardly any trace, except a wide gap where the residence of the family of four once stood.
As per the State's Information and Public Relations Department, more bodies have been recovered from the site of landslide at Koottikkal, Kottayam district, death toll rises to 15. Idduki and Kottayam districts in Central and South Kerala bore the brunt of the heavy rains that have been lashing the state since Friday with many people feared missing in landslides. Several people have been injured and displaced in rain-related incidents.
The BMC shifted 580 patients from Covid care centers in the city as a precautionary measure after IMD warned that Cyclone Tauktae is likely to pass close to the city
Reaching out to the people of his Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, devastated by landslips triggered by the recent rains, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said he would continue to put pressure on the centre and state government to ensure that those affected were justly compensated.
Noushad did not think twice while opening the sealed bundles of new clothes, kept in his godown for Eid sale, and donate it to the distressed people, who are living in relief camps after losing everything in the floods and massive landslides in north Kerala.
The lifeless bodies of a mother and her infant child recovered in a position holding their hands tightly left many a rescue personnel teary-eyed at nearby Kottakkunnu, a hilly area which had been rocked by massive landslides two days ago.
As Kerala continues to battle the torrential downpour lashing its shores, a horrifying visual of man's narrow escape from a mudslide in Malappuram has gone viral on social media. In the video, a man can be seen walking unsuspiciously on road, holding an umbrella and talking to an older woman, on his way.
The UAE has issued a travel advisory to its citizens who are either in Kerala or intend to visit the state to exercise extreme caution in the light of heavy rains, which have caused damaging floods in many areas and killed 28 people.
A team of ministers are in Wayanad overseeing the operations and by tomorrow (Saturday) morning all will get the required facilities at the relief camps that are being set up across Wayanad district.
In the morning, a 50-year-old woman died after a tree fell over her house at Attapady in the Palakkad district. A 24-year-old woman died after her house at Panamaram village in the Wayanad district got flooded.
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Under the influence of the low pressure, most places in Tamil Nadu registered moderate rainfall in the last 24 hours ending 8.30 am on Sunday, while Mimisal, a coastal village in Pudukottai district, received 13 cms of rainfall.
Rainfall at most places with heavy spells at isolated areas is very likely to occur in Kerala during next 48 hours, the release added.
According to IMD, the depression is expected to intensify into a cyclonic storm within next few hours. The Met department expects the storm to move north west towards South Oman and adjoining Yemen coasts during the next five days.
The weather department has issued alert for heavy rains in three districts - Idukki, Thrissur and Palakkad districts.
By offering the Christian priest the same platform where a 'Maulavi' (Muslim cleric) addresses the believers, the mosque authorities have showcased a rare model of togetherness in the post-flood state.
His statement assumes significance in the wake of a row over the Centre's refusal to accept the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) reported offer of Rs 700 crore to the flood-hit state.
There are two different visions of India, one is a centralized vision & other is decentralized vision. One respects only one ideology, based out of Nagpur & other respects all different ideas, cultures, different people in this country, says Rahul
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