FILE PHOTO: A man cries as he speaks to relatives after his home and auto rickshaw was destroyed after multiple landslides hit the hills in Wayanad district, in the southern state of Kerala, India, July 31, 2024. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo
CHOORALMALA, India (Reuters) - Indian soldiers rushed to complete construction of a metal bridge on Thursday to connect the worst affected area in the Kerala landslides as the search for survivors and bodies entered the third day in a disaster that has killed at least 178 people.
Heavy rain in Kerala state, one of India's most popular tourist destinations, led to the landslides in the hills of Wayanad district early on Tuesday, sending torrents of mud, water and tumbling boulders downhill and burying or sweeping people living in villages to their deaths as they slept.
