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Toll in Kerala landslide goes up to 20, 46 people missing; search ops on

Two teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have initiated search and rescue operations on Saturday morning

Malappuram: Rescue operation underway at an area affected by landslide due to heavy rain, in Malappuram district, Saturday, August 10, 2019. Photo: PTI
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In the four-month-long Southwest monsoon season, which began in June first week, Kerala has reported a total of 51 deaths till Thursday night due to various incidents of drowning, landslides, and tree fall.

Press Trust of India Idukki
At least 20 bodies have been recovered so far from the debris of the landslides that flattened a row of 20 houses of tea estate workers in the high range Idukki district in Kerala, as efforts were underway amid continuing rains to locate those missing.
Two teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have initiated search and rescue operations on Saturday morning.
"On Friday night we had recovered two bodies. Today we retrievedtwo more. With this the toll has gone up to 20.
There was some confusion regarding the total number of persons at the location at that particular point of time.

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