Wayanad landslides

Kerala's Wayanad, often in eye of storm, to get advanced weather radar

August 07, 2026 9:06 am

The move will enable more accurate and timely weather forecasts besides early warning to support the disaster management authority, the district administration and the public, IMD said

Wayanad landslide survivors recall terrifying escape: 'Massive mud wave chased us'

July 09, 2026 9:48 am

The couple says they are lucky to have survived the tragedy that has left three dead in the village that comes under Wayanad’s Meppadi panchayat. Five others remained missing until Wednesday evening while several are hospitalised.

Two warnings, zero action: Why Wayanad tunnel tragedy is a ‘man-made disaster’

July 09, 2026 6:04 am

Between June 20 and 25, Kerala government administration issued two warnings to contractor, records show.

Before deadly Kerala tunnel collapse, warning from district collector was ignored

July 07, 2026 5:17 pm

Minister tells Express that instructions to remove soil accumulating at the site were not complied with.

3 dead, 7 missing in Wayanad twin-tunnel landslide in Kerala

July 07, 2026 5:45 pm

Landslide in Wayanad: Incident took place just 4 km from Chooralmala, one of the worst-hit villages of the devastating 2024 landslides that killed around 300 people and wiped out two villages.

‘Real Kerala story’: With puja and festivities, Indian Union Muslim League hands over new houses to 51 Wayanad families

April 28, 2026 8:56 am

Congress ally in Kerala, IUML’s rehabilitation project for families who lost homes in 2024 Wayanad landslide includes a total of 105 houses on 11.5 acres of land. First phase of 51 houses now complete.

Karnataka grants Rs 10 crore more for Wayanad landslide rehabilitation; BJP slams ‘Keralam CM Shri Siddaramaiah’

March 24, 2026 12:21 pm

This is the second time that the Congress Government has provided landslide rehabilitation funds for Meppadi in Kerala’s Wayanad district, which falls under Priyanka Gandhi’s Lok Sabha constituency.

‘Why are you always standing with me?’: Mammootty’s exchange with Wayanad CPM leader puts Kerala’s ruling party in a bind

March 09, 2026 8:41 am

A video of the exchange went viral, leading to a barrage of criticism of the superstar Malayalam actor by social media handles linked to CPM sympathisers

Politics 'cannot negate constitutional guarantee': Kerala HC raps Centre over 'unwillingness' to waive loans for Wayanad victims

October 09, 2025 7:36 am

Last August, the high court had initiated a suo motu petition following the landslide, by making the state, the Union Governments and their various departments respondents. The court had then urged the Union Government to clarify its stand on loan waiver.

Ground zero in Mundakkai: Over a year after Wayanad landslide, a new stream, memory walls and a revival of tourism

September 28, 2025 7:12 am

On July 30, 2024, a cloudburst flattened the Mundakkai-Chooralmala valley in Kerala’s Wayanad district. As locals pick up the pieces of their life over a year later, the valley looks just like Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh after the recent landslides

‘Working together would yield results’: After visit to landslide-hit Wayanad, Modi promises support to Kerala

August 10, 2024 10:59 pm