The intensity of rain decreases slightly
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Over 60 people lost their lives in heavy rain and landslides in the last few days in Kerala even as the intensity of rain has slightly decreased today giving a boost to search and rescue operation in flood affected areas.
Search operations by Army, Central and State disaster forces are on war footing in landslide-hit kavalapara in Malapuram and Meppady in Wayanad.
50 people are reportedly missing from Kavalapara after a major landslide, two days ago. 9 bodies were recovered till now. 8 people are missing from Meppady. People from danger zones are being shifted to relief camps.
Around 2 lakh 25000 people are in over 1500 relief camps in the State. Meanwhile, Kochi International Airport resumed operations today.
Rahul Gandhi MP. will be visiting the disaster-hit regions in Wayanad constituency today afternoon. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan urged people to be for coming two days and to cooperate with the relief operations in the State.