4 more deaths reported as rain recedes in Kerala

wo-year-old Adithi, daughter of Saneesh and Viswani of Punnyurkulam, drowned in a swollen stream near her house in Thrissur district.

Arjun Raghunath, DHNS,

Jul 07 2023, 23:45 ist
updated: Jul 07 2023, 23:45 ist

Idukki: A backhoe machine removes boulders from a road after a landslide following the heavy monsoon rains, in Idukki, Friday, July 7, 2023. Credit: PTI Photo

Even as the intensity of the rains receded in Kerala on Friday, four more rain-related deaths were reported in the state during the day.

The Indian Meteorological Department sounded a yellow alert in four north Kerala districts for Saturday, and a green alert was sounded for the remaining districts. An orange alert was sounded in Kannur and Kasargod districts on Friday.

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Two-year-old Adithi, daughter of Saneesh and Viswani of Punnyurkulam, drowned in a swollen stream near her house in Thrissur district.

The bodies of two youths who went missing in a swollen river at Vadakara in Kozhikode and Panur in Kannur were recovered on Friday. An elderly man drowned at Aymanam in Kottayam district. Around 15 rain-related deaths were reported in the state over the past one week.

Traffic along the Kochi-Dhanushkodi highway was affected following a landslip at Munnar gap road. Minor landslides were reported from Veeramalakunnu in Kasargod.

Over the past few days, hundreds of homes were still flooded in low-lying areas like Kuttanad in Alappuzha. Around 190 relief camps were opened in the state, and around 6,000 people are still in them.