300 people are still missing in the kerala district...
Using cutting-edge technology and dogs, rescue workers resumed their hunt for survivors or recovered dead buried beneath the rubble of the devastating wayanad landslides, one of Kerala's greatest natural disasters, on saturday as they began their fifth day of search and rescue operations. Pinarayi Vijayan, the chief minister of kerala, wrote on facebook that radars are picking up even minute movements, which is encouraging.
Latest updates on the wayanad landslides
1. A total of 210 dead have been retrieved from the wayanad landslides, while 187 hospital patients have been released. About 300 persons are still unaccounted for, and there is little chance that they are still alive.
2. On the fourth day of the catastrophic landslides, a family of four was saved from a remote home close to Padavetti Kunnu, providing hope to the hundreds of rescuers looking for survivors.
3. Approximately forty rescue teams and cadaver dogs are searching six zones in the areas affected by landslides. The dogs are locating survivors buried beneath the debris by using their excellent sense of smell.
4. Four toddlers and their parents were rescued from a tribal hamlet by forest officers through a daring rescue operation. To save the family, the group hiked far into the forest under the direction of Kalpetta Range Forest Officer K Hashis.
5. One of the operation's officials said that during a check of a residence in the badly damaged Mundakkai village, a "blue signal," or possible breath indication, appeared on the radar. But on friday night, the search was called off because the rescue workers thought it was improbable that anyone was still alive beneath the rubble.
6. For wayanad on saturday, the india Meteorological Department has predicted a mostly cloudy sky with sporadic showers or thundershowers.
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