'No hope' say anguished families as India landslide toll hits 150
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Wayanad, India: The roar of moving earth startled manual labourer Abdul Kareem and his wife awake, allowing them to make a hasty escape before their I...
Wayanad, India: The roar of moving earth startled manual labourer Abdul Kareem and his wife awake, allowing them to make a hasty escape before their Indian village was swallowed by muddy water.
Waiting outside an overwhelmed clinic to watch the regular arrival of bodies salvaged by rescue teams, he had no expectations that his relatives and neighbours had managed to do the same.
"My wife's father can't walk well," he told AFP. "I called my sisters the night before, they were at home and they were caught in it.
"We have no hope. That's how bad the situation is there."
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