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The IMD has revised the red alert warnings and said Idukki, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad and Kannur will receive extreme heavy rainfall. Stay tuned for latest news live updates

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Malappuram: Rescue operation underway at an area affected by landslide due to heavy rain, in Malappuram district, Saturday, August 10, 2019. Photo: PTI
The incident is said to have occurred in the wee hours of Friday when a huge mound of earth fell on the "row houses" and two children and five women were among the deceased
An Express flight from Dubai with 191 people on board overshot the runway at Kozhikode airport in rainy conditions on Friday and went down 35 feet into a slope before breaking up into two pieces. The Kerala police has reported 11 deaths in the accident. The pilot-in-command, Deepak Sathe, a former Wing Commander of the Indian Air Force (IAF), also died during the accident. Sathe had served at the IAF's flight testing establishment.

Meanwhile, the toll in the massive landslide that flattened a row of 20 houses of tea estate workers in the high range Idukki district of Kerala climbed to 24, as efforts were underway amid continuing rains to locate those missing.

Today, Prime Minister inaugurated the 'Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra', an interactive experience centre on the Swachh Bharat Mission.

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