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On 30 July 2024, at approximately 05:45 IST, a landslide occurred in Vilangad, Vanimal Grama Panchayat, Kozhikode district in the Indian state of Kerala. [1] The landslide was caused by heavy rains, and resulted in at least one deaths. [2] [3]
The Kerala government also established 45 relief camps in Wayanad, providing shelter to over 4,000 people, while the state health department set up a control room to offer emergency assistance. [48] Kerala's health minister, Veena George, stated that at least 1,500 rescue personnel, including forensic surgeons, were deployed. [49]
[2] [10] According to the Kerala government, one-sixth of the total population of Kerala was directly affected by the floods and related incidents. [11] The Indian government declared it a Level 3 Calamity, or "calamity of a severe nature". [12] [13] It is the worst flood in Kerala after the great flood of '99 that took place in 1924.
Operation Sahyog was a rescue mission initiated by the Indian army after several northern districts of Kerala were hit by extreme amounts of rain and landslides. [1] The Indian army deployed its manpower and machinery for rescue operations in regions which were hit severely, mainly at Idukki, Wayanad, Kannur, and Kozhikode.
Kerala is vulnerable to multiple hazards with flooding in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 and 43% of the state prone to landslides. [ 64 ] [ 65 ] [ 9 ] Kerala State Disaster Management Plan outlines the need to reduce hazard risk with mitigation , preparedness , response and recovery .
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 ...
More than 5 million people in Kerala were affected and over 200 were killed amid torrential rain and floods in August.
The destructive flood claimed at least 1,000 lives, many animals and birds, and caused severe damages to the crops and property in Kerala.Most of the areas in the erstwhile Travancore and Cochin states, parts of Malabar region were submerged under the floodwater.