DEVELOPING: At least 22 people have been killed after heavy rains lashed the south Indian state of Kerala over the weekend, officials say.
and landslides in several areas, with the Indian army and navy called out to rescue residents.Some 13 of those were killed after a landslide in Kuttikkal village, officials and eyewitnesses said.
"There were four landslides that happened there yesterday, the hill behind me, which brought water and other items downwards," a local resident told Reuters partner ANI on Sunday, standing in front of now-barren hillside. P.K. Jayasree, the top government official in Kottayam district where the landslide took place, said almost half of the casualties were from a single family.Light rainfall across the state is expected to continue, although weather alerts in many areas had been withdrawn, the state’s disaster management committee said in a statement.Rescue operations were underway on Sunday after heavy rains triggered flash floods and landslides., with 1.
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