Rescue work underway following landslides triggered by heavy rain at Chooralmala, in Wayanad district, Kerala, Tuesday, July 30, 2024.
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Chennai: At least two people from Tamil Nadu’s Nilgiris district were among over 100 people died in a massive landslide in Wayanad in Kerala.
The deceased have been identified as 34-year-old Kalidas and Kalyanakumar from Gudalur in the Nilgiris district bordering Wayanad.
Kalidas, a mason, went to Sooral in Wayanad to meet his grandparents and he was caught in the landslide on Tuesday morning. “He was caught in the landslide, and he is no more,” a relative said.
Another victim, Kalyanakumar, also from Gudalur was also killed in the landslide, reports from Nilgiris said.
Meanwhile, two persons of the same family died when a landslide struck a village in Valparai.