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The rescue teams, composed of highly trained soldiers, disaster response experts, and police officers, have been deployed across the district, which has been severely affected by incessant rainfall and subsequent flooding.
"All the injured have been rescued and admitted to the hospital. The NDRF team has also reached the spot and almost 300 police personnel have been deployed," SP Lunayat stated.
Heavy monsoon rains triggered multiple landslides across Wayanad, burying homes and cutting off access to several remote villages.