When the sky over the Sabarimala forests turns overcast, pandemonium breaks out in Kurumbanmoozhy — a village surrounded by forests on three sides and the Pampa on the other side.
Villagers on the side of the Pampa or on the riverbanks rush to their homes. The phones keep ringing and children who are school will be asked to go back home. Clouds of worry loom large over the village till all its residents are reported safe.
There was no such sense of worry among the 400-odd families settled here. But all that changed in 2018 when floods ravaged the village.
