The WWA, in its report, said that the landslides that killed at least 350 people in Kerala were a direct result of extremely heavy rain within a very short period of time.
Hundreds sleeping in their homes in Kerala's Wayanad were awakened by a rumble on the night of 30 July. What came next were devastating landslides. From ground zero, ThePrint pieces together events of that night with eyewitness accounts, expert views and data.
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The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
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