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The disaster was one of the deadliest in Kerala's history, with reports of 254 fatalities, [6] [7] 397 injuries, [8] and 118 people missing. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Deforestation , seismic sensitivity, poor building construction, and global warming have been identified as possible causes for the landslides and fatalities.
Landslides occurred nine times. Thirteen houses were completely destroyed, and many houses were partially destroyed or flooded. The accident occurred around 5.45 pm when debris including stones and soil fell down. According to a preliminary report by a team from the Geological Survey of India, the landslide was caused by heavy rains. [4] [5]
Overview of Kerala district map depicting August 2020 flood-related incidents. The landslide in the Pettimudi tea estate saw significantly heavy rainfall, resulting in excessive flooding and landslide over a 1.2 km tract. Final reports indicate that it destroyed 4 buildings and killed 66 individuals.
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More than 5 million people in Kerala were affected and over 200 were killed amid torrential rain and floods in August.
A van fell into a water-filled ditch in Pakistan's flood-hit south, killing 20 passengers — mostly women and children — and injuring 13 others overnight, police said Friday. The incident on a ...
A flooded road at Angamaly. On 8 August 2019, due to heavy rainfall in the monsoon season, severe flood affected Kerala. [3] As a security measure in the prevailing situation of heavy rains, the India Meteorological Department had issued a red alert in the 9 districts in Northern and Central Kerala, orange alert in 3 districts of Central Kerala, and yellow alert in the 2 districts of southern ...
(CNN) — Striking images from the Sahara Desert show large lakes etched into rolling sand dunes after one of the most arid, barren places in the world was hit with its first floods in decades ...