The landslides left behind destruction in Kerala. Photo: Reuters
No fewer than 41 people were dead while many were injured after the landslides triggered by heavy rains struck an area with rugged, hilly terrain in the southern Indian state of Kerala on Tuesday, officials said.
Emergency services were struggling to reach the area, in the rural district of Wayanad, as the access has been hampered due to the collapsed bridges and swept-away roads.
Officials said more than 400 families were stranded in remote areas, because the only road connecting them to the rest of Kerala had been cut off.
The state government said it had deployed helicopters to rescue people. “The weather is very bad, but we are trying to do everything we can,” said Veena George, Kerala’s health minister.
Officials said more than 70 people had been injured. Television footage showed water gushing through extensively damaged residential areas.
The death toll was expected to rise, state officials said.
The landslides left behind destruction in Kerala. Photo: Reuters
The India Meteorological Department said on Tuesday that heavy rains were expected to continue in Kerala for at least the next 24 hours, issuing red alerts for several districts. Schools were ordered closed in parts of the state on Monday because of the intense rain, which has been going on for days.
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印度南部山崩造成至少 41 人死亡、多人受傷
官員稱，印度南部喀拉拉邦地形崎嶇的丘陵地區週二暴雨引發山體滑坡，造成至少 41 人死亡，多人受傷,
由於橋樑倒塌和道路被沖走，緊急服務人員很難到達瓦亞納德農村地區的該地區。
官員稱，400多個家庭被困在偏遠村莊，因為連接他們與喀拉拉邦其他地區的唯一道路已被切斷。
州政府表示已部署直升機were 救援人員。 喀拉拉邦衛生部長維娜·喬治說：“天氣非常糟糕，但我們正在盡力而為。”
官員稱，已有70多人受傷。 電視畫面顯示，洪水湧過嚴重受損的住宅區。
州官員表示，預計死亡人數還會上升。
印度氣象部門週二表示，預計喀拉拉邦的暴雨將持續至少24小時，並對多個地區發出紅色警報。 由於連續幾天的大雨，該州
部分地區的學校週一被勒令停課。
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