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Idukki landslip toll rises to 42

24 more persons still missing.

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The site of a landslip that occurred in an estate workers’ residential area at Nayamakkad in Pettimudy, 30 km from Munnar, in Idukki district on Friday.

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Kerala CM denies discrimination in providing compensation to victims of landslide and air crash

A team of doctors are camping in the area and a mobile mortuary has been set up to conduct the autopsy.

Rescue operations have restarted at Pettimala, near Munnar, where a massive landslip burried more than 30 residences of mostly tea garden workers.

Kerala’s big dams racing to hit capacity storage

Data from the Kerala State Electricity Board on Saturday night showed that the Idukki, Pamba, Sholayar, Idamalayar, Kundala and Maduppatty dams were filling up fast.

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File Photo | Idukki dam storage as at the end of Saturday was at 57% of its full storage capacity of 2,403 feet. The Central Water Commission mandate is for a storage of 2,390 feet on August 31.

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Kerala rains | Pathanamthitta on the edge as Pampa dam opens

The run-off water is expected to reach Ranni Town within five hours and may inundate various parts of the district.

The shutters of Moozhiyar dam have remained open for the past couple of days. File

The site of a landslip that occurred in an estate workers’ residential area at Nayamakkad in Pettimudy, 30 km from Munnar, in Idukki district on Friday.

Idukki landslip toll rises to 42

Rescue operations have restarted at Pettimala, near Munnar, where a massive landslip burried more than 30 residences of mostly tea garden workers.

Kerala CM denies discrimination in providing compensation to victims of landslide and air crash

File Photo | Idukki dam storage as at the end of Saturday was at 57% of its full storage capacity of 2,403 feet. The Central Water Commission mandate is for a storage of 2,390 feet on August 31.

Kerala’s big dams racing to hit capacity storage

The shutters of Moozhiyar dam have remained open for the past couple of days. File

Kerala rains | Pathanamthitta on the edge as Pampa dam opens

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The weekly rainfall figures for the district also showed a significant departure from the normal rainfall pattern. From July 30 to August 5, there has been a 214% departure in rainfall.

Saturday turned out to be a rainy day for Ernakulam

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Representational Image | These seven districts are likely to receive above 20 cm rainfall in 24 hours.

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Kerala rains | Red alert in seven districts

The Boeing 737 flight of Air India Express after it plummeted from the 35-ft-high tabletop runway at Karipur airport. Sakeer Hussain

Air India crash | Condition of 14 passengers critical

Staff Reporter Twenty persons have been discharged.

The Karinkulam Chappathu bridge across the Periyar on the Kottayam-Kattappana State Highway. The bridge was damaged in flash floods downstream of the Mullaperiyar dam on Friday.

Kerala rains | Situation worsens in Kottayam, taxi driver swept away in flood waters

Staff Reporter Justin, a taxi driver from Angamaly, was swept away while trying to cross a flooded road near Manarcadu.

Bund breaches inundated several houses in Kainakary.

Flood situation turning grim in Kuttanad

Staff Reporter Bund breaches in Kainakary force district administration to initiate steps to shift more than 600 people.

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Rain deals a severe blow to pandemic-hit farm sector

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Cong., BJP allege ‘unfair’ treat to landslip victims

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Saturday turned out to be a rainy day for Ernakulam

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Justin, a taxi driver from Angamaly, was swept away while trying to cross a flooded road near Manarcadu.

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Water level climbs in Pampa dam

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Toll in natural calamity rises to 26; at least 44 persons estimated to be missing.

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Rivers flow above danger level in district

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Cardamom, pepper crops on a 3-km stretch lost

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‘Use landslip susceptibility data to mitigate hazard’

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‘Kerala land has lost immunity, landslips to stay’

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Kodagu landslip: body of one victim recovered

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