Heavy rains lashing parts of Central Kerala yesterday had claimed four lives in the region - three in a landslip and another who died of a heart attack after witnessing the incident.
Police, fire force and Naval personnel are engaged in search operations since early this morning to recover the body of one more person.
Seven houses were damaged in the landslip with huge boulders and mud covering the dwellings. Police said inmates of two houses were not at home when the landslip occurred.
