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
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