The Southwest monsoon strikes the hilly regions in Kozhikode district of Kerala, four people, including a nine-year-old girl, were killed as an aftermath, on Wednesday night and early hours of Thursday.
Heavy rain hit many places of Kozhikode district, such as Kakkayam, Pulluramppara, Kattippara, Karinchola and Chamal areas of the rural belts of the district. Unconfirmed reports said 13 people are missing from these regions and a search operation was on to trace them.
Official sources said Dilna died in her house at Karinchola following a mud slip around 4 a.m. on Thursday.
Roads including many other ways obstructed by the devastating rain and also the Thiruvambady region and few areas have been isolated. Over 250 houses have been damaged partially and 20 destroyed. The damage to crops is yet to be estimated.
The disaster management authority has rushed into action to rescue stranded families and evacuate them to relief camps that were opened on Tuesday. A team of the National Disaster Response Force from Thrissur performing the operation to rescue the people.
Due to the heavy rainfall, the water levels of the Chaliyar, Iruvanjipuzha and Punoor rivers are continuing to escalate. The Water Resources Department said the shutters of the Kakkayam and Peruvannamuzhi dams would release the shutter up any time following heavy inflow and a warning has been issued to the people residing near the area.
Control rooms are also functioning in all four taluks — Kozhikode, Vadakara, Koyilandy and Thamarassery.
Traffic on the Kozhikode-Mysore-Kollegal Highway was obstructed after a tree fell on the Thamarassery Ghat road. Vehicles have been diverted via the alternative Kuttiyadi road to reach Kozhikode. Similarly, traffic was hampered after flooding at Nellamkandi near Koduvally.
District Collector U.V. Jose declared a holiday for all educational institutions in the district on Thursday. Schools in some of the grama panchayats in rural belts were shut on Wednesday.
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