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The 1,500-strong rescue team, including Defence forces, NDRF, SDRF, police, fire service, and volunteers, began searches early Saturday morning in the hardest-hit areas of Churalmala, Velarimala, Mundakayil, and Punchirimadom.

Kerala requests deployment of advanced equipment, including one Xaver radar and four Reeco radars, which will be airlifted from Delhi in an IAF aircraft

Over 300 people still missing; private companies and volunteers join operations led by army, police and emergency service units

Wayanad tragedy yet again calls for urgent restructuring of development strategies to better preserve the ecological integrity of these areas

Say landslide-affected areas has been divided into six zones and separate search teams with cadaver dogs have initiated search operations

The operations received an impetus due to completion of 190-foot-long Bailey bridge that will enable movement of heavy machinery

The ongoing poloitical slugfest over the warnings issued by the IMD to Kerala is taking a curious turn, with Kerala saying facts are not being stated in the Parliament, while the BJP has accused the Wayanad MP of not making any mention of the geological sensitivity of the region. Meanwile the IMD chief defended the met department warnings issued to Kerala and other states

Scheduled to visit Chooralmala landslide spot, Community Health Centre, Dr Moopen's Medical College, relief camps at Meppadi

I know how it must be for children without their mothers, that is what prompted me to take this decision, says the woman

Rescue operators contending with adverse conditions, including muddy soil, as they search through destroyed homes and buildings

According to IMD data, the rainfall in July was unevenly distributed, both spatially and temporally

Kerala needs to show political will to strictly implement Coastal Regulation Zone laws

Rescue operations resume Mundakkai hamlet; rescuers reach many inland areas, which were totally cut off

According to ISRO's National Remote Sensing Centre data, 10 out of the 30 most landslide-prone districts in India are in Kerala, with Wayanad ranked 13th

The worst affected areas include Churalpara, Velarimala, Mundakayil and Pothukalu and the locals from these areas who managed to escape are shattered as hundreds of homes have been totally destroyed.

Locals, who managed to escape, are deeply shattered by the intensity of the devastation

Amidst heavy rain, multiple NDRF teams, two helicopters and other rescue teams are on their way to Mundakkai, which has been totally cut off by devastating landslides

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha conveys his condolences to the families affected by the tragedy

Due to inclement weather, two Helicopters were unable to land in the affected landslide areas and are now waiting at Kozhikode

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said two Air Force helicopters will take part in the search and rescue operations