At least 23 people were killed in the southern Indian state of Kerala on Tuesday, officials said, after landslides triggered by heavy rains struck an area with rugged, hilly terrain.
Rescue workers were struggling to reach the area, in the rural district of Wayanad, because bridges had collapsed and roads had been swept away.
State officials said more than 400 families were stranded in remote villages, because the only road connecting them to the rest of Kerala had been cut off.
“The weather is very bad, but we are trying to do everything we can,” said Veena George, Kerala’s health minister.
Television footage showed water gushing through extensively damaged residential areas.
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