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Drone image of Chooralmala in Wayanad district of Kerala, on August 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT ISRO’s National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) has released high-resolution images taken by the space agency’s satellites which reveal the extensive damage caused by the landslip in Wayanad district in Kerala. NRSC has released before and after images…
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ISRO satellite images show widespread devastation at Wayanad landslide. New Delhi: High resolution images taken by Indian satellites show the widespread damage and devastation caused by landslides in Kerala’s Wayanad. More than 150 people have died and over 200 injured even as the rescue works are ongoing. The before and after images show that about…
Parliament on Wednesday took up a discussion on Wayanad landslide under a ‘calling attention’ motion. In his response, Union Home Minister Amit Shah made several claims on early warning systems in India and how they were utilised to alert the Kerala government ahead of the tragedy. The Hindu takes a closer look at these claims….
For this, the cyber police have intensified monitoring of social media. Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala police have launched an investigation into an alleged social media campaign against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s Facebook post requesting help for the people affected by the landslides in Wayanad district. The State Police Media Centre (SPMC) on Thursday said that the…
Amit Shah, Pinarayi Vijayan cross swords over advance warning ahead of Kerala tragedy The Centre and Kerala crossed swords on Wednesday over advance weather warnings for the State and the disaster response in the wake of the catastrophic landslide that claimed over 200 lives and levelled three villages in Vythithiri taluk of Wayanad district a…
Wayanad Landslide: A total of 75 bodies have been handed over to relatives. New Delhi: BJP leader V Muraleedharan hit out at the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan-led Kerala government over the recent landslides in Wayanad that claimed the lives of over 160 people and said that state was paying the price of the state government’s…
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“I am waiting here, hoping that we will get some information” says Jayan (File) Wayanad: Jayan, a resident of the landslide-hit Chooralmala in Kerala, was fast asleep in his house on July 29 night. The calm and serene residential location in Wayanad’s Chooralmala was reverberating with the thumping sounds of the torrential rains outside. At…
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Rescue operations underway after landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains at Chooralmala in Wayanad district of Kerala on July 30, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The disaster management authority has initiated measures to shift more families from the landslide-prone upland areas of Kozhikode district in Kerala. Intensified action comes in the wake of the multiple…
New Delhi: More than 143 people have died and nearly 200 have been injured after three devastating landslides hit Kerala’s Wayanad district amid heavy rain. Multiple agencies, including NDRF, have joined the rescue ops in the hilly areas near Meppadi. The landslides destroyed several houses, uprooted trees and made water bodies swell, hampering the rescue work….
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A red alert indicates heavy-to-extremely heavy rain of over 20 cm in 24 hours (File) Thiruvananthapuram: The India Meteorological Department on Tuesday issued a red alert for the mountain district of Wayanad — which has been rocked by landslides triggered by incessant rains — and all the northern districts of Kerala, indicating that extremely heavy…
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