Four persons died in rain-related incidents in north Kerala districts on Saturday as there was no respite from the downpour lashing the region for the past few weeks.
According to sources, two deaths were from Kozhikode and one each from Wayanad and Kasaragod. Abhilash, 40, of Alissery in Edachery and Arakkalpadath Mohammed Mirshad, 12, of Cheruvannur, both in Kozhikode, died as they fell into ponds. Babu, 37, died when earth caved in on him while he was constructing a concrete wall at Nedumully near Thomattuchal in Wayanad. He is from the Nayakkampady tribal settlement at Koliyadi. Shawn Aaron Chrasta, 13, of Chevar Kolanthakat in Kasaragod died when coconut trees fell on him.
The Kozhikode district administration issued a warning to those staying on the banks of the Poonoor river at Kunnamangalam and Kolikkal in the wake of rising water levels. Water is being released from the Kakkayam Dam to the Kuttiyadi river depending on the level in the reservoir. Forty two houses were partially damaged. A rehabilitation camp has been opened in Mavoor.
