2024-07-30 07:08:55
Aludes causados por lluvias torrentiales en el come to India provocaron este martes la death of at least 49 people. Funcionarios no descartaron que haya muchas más trapped under the rubble, while the bad weather complicaba las labores de rescuate.
Los aludes hit small villages in the state of Wayanad in Kerala this morning destruyeron muchas casas y un puente. Los rescatistas trabajaban para sacar gente de entre el lodo y los escombros, pero los cortes en carreteras y el terreno inestable habilitababan sus efortos.
The update on the number of dead and enslaved people was announced by PM Manoj, press secretary of the chief minister of Kerala. Previously, DR Meghasree, a local official, had confirmed 36 deaths related to landslides in the district of Wayanad”. Meanwhile, in a previous balance, the Minister of Health of the state of Kerala, Veena George had reported 24 deaths .
Meanwhile, las fuerzas armadas dijeron en un comunicado que hundreds of people could have been trapped under the law.
They added that 225 soldiers were sent to the Wayanad area, in Kerala, to support the search and rescue tasks.
“Mis pensamientos están con todos aquellos que han perdido a sus seres queridos, oraciones por los heridos”, published on X the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. At the same time, he said that he offered the head of the state government of Kerala “toda la aid posible” to face the situation.
Las authorities mobilized helicopters to help with rescue efforts and the Indian Army constructed a temporary bridge after the landslides destroyed a bridge that connected the affected area.
El departmento meteorológico de India ha colocado al State of Kerala under alert luego de que la entity se ha visto azotada por lluvia incesantes. Los aguaceros han interruptido la vida de muchos, y las authoridades suspendieron las clases en algunas partes el martes. They expected more rain during the journey.
Kerala is prone to intense rains, floods and landslides. Almost 500 people died in the state in 2018 in one of its worst floods.
The monsoon rains from June to September in South Asia bring relief to the summer heat and recharge the aquifers, but also cause death and destruction.
The number of deadly floods and landslides has increased in recent years, and experts say that climate change has aggravated the phenomenon.
With information from AFP and AP.
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