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The 2024 Mundakkai landslides were a series of landslides that occurred in Mundakkai and Chooralmala, located in Meppadi panchayat, Wayanad district, Kerala, India in the early hours of 30 July 2024. The landslides were caused by heavy rains that caused hillsides to collapse, destroying the areas below. The disaster was one of the deadliest in Kerala's history, with reports of over 420 fatalities, 397 injuries, and many people missing.
Most of the victims were tea and cardamom estate workers, asleep when the landslides struck. A six-kilometre runout devastated settlements along narrow valleys, washing entire neighborhoods into river channels. Entire settlements were buried under mud, rocks, and debris. Houses, roads, and farmlands were destroyed. The survivers lost their livelihood and they scattered in many places.