Heavy rain in one of India's most attractive tourist destinations collapsed hillsides
Rescuers search for survivors at a landslide site after multiple landslides in the hills in Wayanad, in the southern state of Kerala, India Rescue workers began looking for people trapped under debris early on Wednesday, a day after landslides caused havoc in the Wayanad district of India ’s Kerala state, with at least 151 people dead and many still missing.
Most of the 350 families living in the area surrounded by tea and cardamom estates were caught unaware by the landslides early on Tuesday morning. Television visuals showed many houses destroyed and trees uprooted, as rescuers were pulled by ropes across muddy streams of water.
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