Six-year-old dead, woman missing as flash flood hit Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram

A six-year-old girl died and a 33-year-old woman went missing after sudden flash floods hit Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday night. Efforts are underway to rescue the missing woman.

Sudden flash floods on Sunday night at Mankayam in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram left a six-year-old girl dead and a woman missing.

The deceased was identified as Nasriya Fathima. Search and rescue operations are on to find Shania, the 33-year-old missing woman.

Ten members of three families from Nedumangad entered the Mankayam river at Vazhathoppu in the evening and were caught in the flash floods.

Local residents, fire and rescue service officials and the police team managed to rescue eight members.