India landslide toll reaches 151 as torrential rains hamper rescue efforts in Wayanad. Victims mainly tea plantation laborers and...
Relief personnel carry the body of a victim, during a search and rescue operation at a site following landslides in Indian town of Wayanad.–AFP
Several who managed to flee the initial impact of the landslides found themselves caught in raging flood waters coursing through a nearby river, volunteer rescuer Arun Dev told AFP at a hospital treating survivors.Wayanad is famed for the tea estates that crisscross its hilly countryside, which rely on a large pool of labourers for planting and harvest.
Flood waters washed away a bridge connecting the worst-hit villages of Chooralmala and Mundakkai, forcing rescue teams to trudge on foot through difficult terrain.
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