Kerala's Wayanad landslide: Search for survivors, death toll 166

CHOORALMALA, India, July 31 (Reuters) - Soldiers and rescuers worked through slush and rocks under steady rain, looking for survivors and searching for bodies in the hills of India's Kerala state on Wednesday, a day after more than 165 people were killed in monsoon landslides. Nearly 1,000 people had been rescued from the hillside villages and tea and cardamom estates in Wayanad district and 225 were still missing, authorities said on Wednesday. They said at least 166 people died and 195 were injured, while the local Asianet news TV channel put the death toll at 179. Source - https://www.reuters.com/