Wayanad LIVE updates: Rescue Ops On After Devastating Landslides, 143 Dead

Multiple agencies, including NDRF, have joined the rescue ops in the hilly areas near Meppadi.

More than 143 people have died and nearly 200 have been injured after three devastating landslides hit Kerala's Wayanad district amid heavy rain. Multiple agencies, including NDRF, have joined the rescue ops in the hilly areas near Meppadi. The landslides destroyed several houses, uprooted trees and made water bodies swell, hampering the rescue work. As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), "Heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at isolated places in Kerala on July 31 and August 1."'The weather department has predicted heavy rainfall for August 2.