India: MOMENT - Heavy rains trigger landslide in southern India's Kerala state.
Jul 9, 2026
RESTRICTION: “@ChaudharyParvez/ VIA US SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY X" - NO RESALE / MUST ON-SCREEN COURTESY SHOTLIST WAYANAD, INDIA (JULY 7, 2026) (@ChaudharyParvez/ VIA US SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY X - RESTRICTED) 1. VARIOUS OF LANDSLIDE SWEEPING THROUGH HILLSIDE AREA DURING HEAVY RAINWAYANAD, INDIA - JULY 7 - RESTRICTION: “@ChaudharyParvez/ VIA US SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY X" - NO RESALE / MUST ON-SCREEN COURTESY: A massive landslide swept through the Wayanad district in the southern Indian state of Kerala on Tuesday, July 9, following days of torrential monsoon rainfall. Footage captured by local witnesses showed a thick torrent of mud, uprooted trees, and structural debris surging down a heavily saturated hillside while residents watched from a nearby roadway. At least 13 people have been killed in Bangladesh and India due to heavy rains and landslides, officials and UN agencies said. At least three people were killed, and five others were missing following a landslide at the site of a tunnel project in the southern Indian state of Kerala, officials said. Rescue and relief operations in Wayanad were underway, Kerala Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan wrote on US social media company X. Meanwhile, 10 people have died in Rohingya camps in southeastern Bangladesh since July 4 due to heavy rains and landslides, the UNHCR said Tuesday in an update on the Rohingya refugee response. Ten more people were injured and 3,182 others were temporarily displaced in the incidents, which also partially damaged 1,614 shelters and completely destroyed 10 others. Humanitarian partners were advised to maintain heightened preparedness, with heavy to very heavy rainfall forecast to continue over the next 48 hours. More than 1.2 million persecuted Rohingya Muslims have been living primarily in makeshift camps in Cox’s Bazar since fleeing a military crackdown in Myanmar in August 2017.
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