In Photos: Kerala landslide death toll reaches 222

The death toll in the series of deadly landslides that rocked the hamlets of Kerala's Wayanad last week has touched 222, according to the state government on Monday. (Pics/PTI)

Updated On: 2024-08-05 01:49 PM IST

Compiled by : ronak mastakar

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Among the total dead, 97 were male, 88 were female, and 37 were children, as per the latest figures released by the Chief Minister's Office (CMO)

Among the 222 people dead, the bodies of 172 have been identified by their relatives, it said

A total of 180 body parts have been recovered so far from various places, and the post-mortem of 161 of them has been completed

Ninety-one people are under treatment in various hospitals in Wayanad, Kozhikode, and Malappuram districts, and 256 people have already been discharged, the CMO added in the statement

Meanwhile, officials said an 18-member team stranded near a waterfall in the forest in the district is safe

One of the group members told a news channel over the phone that they had found the body of a man killed in the landslides, and it took them two and a half hours to recover him on Sunday evening, which left them stranded in the area. Official sources said the body was then airlifted by them

"We are very safe," the group member said, adding that the Thunderbolt team of the Kerala Police is expected to reach them soon

Over 2,500 people, including 599 children and six pregnant women, whose lives have been shattered by deadly landslides, are staying in various relief camps in Kerala's Wayanad, according to authorities on Monday

As many as 2,514 people belonging to 723 families are in the camps. Among them, 943 are male, 972 are female, and 599 are children, the CMO said

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