Multiple landslides triggered by torrential rains in southern India have killed 49 people, and many others are feared trapped under the debris, officials said Tuesday, with rescue operations being hampered by bad weather. PM Manoj, press secretary to the Kerala chief minister, said the landslides had killed at least 49 people so far. "We are trying every way to rescue our people," state Health Minister Veena George said. Kerala is prone to heavy rains, flooding and landslides. India regularly has severe floods during the monsoon season, which runs between June and September and brings most of South Asia's annual rainfall.

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Persons: Manoj, Veena George, Narendra Modi, Modi, Roxy Mathew Koll, Koll Organizations: Response Force, Vehicles, Authorities, Indian, Indian Meteorological Department, Meteorology Locations: Wayanad, India, Kerala state's Wayanad, Kerala, Ghats, Pune