INDIA: The death toll from the massive landslides that have hit the southern Indian state of Kerala has now crossed 158, with officials saying more than 220 people are still missing. Rescue workers say they are searching under collapsed roofs and debris of destroyed houses for possible survivors. Thick torrents of mud and water swept […]
INDIA, July 24: Indian authorities have called off efforts to find survivors four days after a deadly landslide hit a village in the western state of Maharashtra.
Twenty-seven bodies were found while 57 people are still missing after the landslide, which occurred in Irshalwadi v
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At least 12 trekkers from two different teams were killed after being caught in snow between Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, officials said Saturday.
Rescue teams have retrieved the bodies and intensified the search for missing ones.
"As per information received on Thursday about missing tourists, two bodies were retrieved from the Himachal Pradesh side and five bodies and two injured were recovered from the Uttarakhand side," an official at Himachal Pradesh's emergency operation center said. "Two persons from the group are still missing."
Meanwhile, officials at Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority said they have recovered five bodies of the trekkers from another group that went missing in the upper reaches.
The deceased have been identified as Indian nationals.
The two teams of trekkers including porters and guides had gone missing earlier this week at an altitude of 17,000 feet (about 5,182 meters) after being caught in a heavy snowfall and inclement weather at one of the most treacherous passes connecting the Kinnaur district in Himachal Pradesh with Harsil in Uttarakhand.
Authorities have pressed the Indian Air Force to carry out searches for the missing trekkers.
Uttarakhand Police Chief Ashok Kumar was quoted by local media saying both the teams had 11 members and so far they have recovered 12 bodies.
NEW DELHI, October 18: At least 26 people were killed and many others reported missing after heavy rains wreaked havoc in the southern Indian state of Kerala, officials said Sunday. The rains triggered waterlogging, flooding and landslides in several areas of the state.
Authorities have asked India's National Disaster Rescue Force (NDRF) personnel and defence forces, army, navy and air force, to carry out rescue and relief efforts. Local media reports said over a dozen people have been reported missing due to landslides accompanied by a heavy downpour. "The search operations are underway for the missing persons in the debris in Kottayam and Idukki districts," an official said.
Federal Home Minister Amit Shah Sunday said the Indian government was monitoring the situation in Kerala and has already deployed NDRF teams to aid rescue operations in the rain-ravaged parts of the state. "We are continuously monitoring the situation in parts of Kerala in the wake of heavy rainfall and flooding.
The central (federal) gov't will provide all possible support to help people in need. NDRF teams have already been sent to assist the rescue operations. Praying for everyone's safety," Shah wrote on social media. Meanwhile, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has condoled deaths in Kerala and talked to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and discussed the situation in the wake of heavy rains and landslides in Kerala. The Prime Minister has also expressed deep grief over the loss of lives due to heavy rains and landslides in Kerala," a statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office said.
Kerala's chief minister has directed state government agencies to take necessary steps to rescue people from the affected regions and evacuate those living in areas prone to landslides and floods.
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