2024 Wayanad landslides

At 2 a.m. on Tuesday 30 July 2024 a landslide hit Mundakkai, a hamlet near Meppadi in the Wayanad district of Kerala, high on the Western Ghats. Within hours two more landslides followed, partially sweeping away Mundakkai and Chooralmala, a township 3.5 km down the slopes, and cutting off high-range villages including Attamala and Noolpuzha. Reported tolls rose through the following days and differ between accounts: district authorities confirmed eight dead, including three children, on the Tuesday, while by Wednesday morning the count stood at 152, with 54 bodies recovered by local residents some 20 km away at Pothukallu in Malappuram, where mountain rivers join the Chaliyar.

Date

2024-07-30

Deaths (Wikipedia list, low end where it gives a range)

443

What the pin marks

The landslide, as the cited page positions it.

Where the position is published

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Wayanad_landslides

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: landslides, india, kerala, wayanad, western ghats

Coordinates: 11.78178, 76.23267

Part of Landslides and mudflows that killed 200 or more people since 1950

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