‘It sounded like a plane swooping in’: Witness recalls how first landslide hit Wayanad

“The sound was similar to that of an aeroplane swooping in,” Noorudheen CK said, recalling the landslide that first hit Mundakkai in Kerala's Wayanad around 1.30 am on July 30. Over the course of the next hour and a half, the entire village was swept away, he said. Noorudheen, a ward member of Chooralmala, is currently stuck in Mundakkai, one of the most affected areas in the landslide.