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Kerala rains: Several dead after ‘mini cloud burst’ event, over a dozen missing

Oct 17, 2021, 01:24PM ISTSource: TOI.in

Heavy rainfall in Kerala on Saturday left a trail of destruction in several districts. The short and heavy downpour triggered flash floods in several parts of the state leading to landslides. The low-lying areas were inundated with waters. As per reports at least Nine people have lost their lives and 20 listed are still missing. Air force helicopters have been deployed to airlift stranded people at Mallappally. Several people are still feared trapped under the debris. The rainfall was a result of low-pressure formations in the southeast of the Arabian Sea off the coast of Kerala as per the weathermen. A Yellow alert in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Idukki, Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram and Kozhikode districts has been issued by IMD.

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