The death toll in the devastating landslides that struck Wayanad on Tuesday has risen to 184, with at least 211 people reported missing. Hundreds have been injured, and thousands have been displaced.

With hundreds trapped under the debris and fears of more deaths, rescue teams resumed operations early on Wednesday to locate the remaining survivors

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Rescue workers from the Army, Navy, and NDRF are searching under collapsed roofs and debris for victims and possible survivors of the landslides.

The army is carrying out the rescue operation in Churalmala in four groups. A temporary bridge built by the army is being used for rescue operations in the Churalmala River. People who trapped in the Mundakai Attamala area are being brought through the bridge. The Air Force helicopter is also using to airlift the injured in Churalmala

.Heart-wrenching scenes of dead bodies in sitting and lying positions inside destroyed houses could be seen as rescue operations resumed in the landslide-devastated Mundakkai hamlet

Painful scenes and phone conversations of people crying and pleading to be rescued, trapped in their houses, or stranded were seen after the landslides left a trail of death and destruction in the hill district.

The Wayanad has been devastated by three landslides that occurred at Meppadi, Mundakkai and Chooralmala within a span of 4 hours. The first landslide occurred in Mundakkai town at around 1 am on Tuesday during heavy rain, washing away houses and families.

While the rescue operations were ongoing, a second landslide struck near Chooralmala School at around 2 am.Then a third landslide occurred at around 4am’

The rescue teams informed that more than 800 people have been rescued from Mundakai. All the trapped people have been shifted to a safer places. Rescue workers are not ruling out the possibility of more people being trapped under debris in Attamala and Churalmala.

Mundakkai, Chooralmala, Attamala, and Noolpuzha villages were the areas hit and cut off by the landslides. Mundakkai town was completely swept away by the landslide

Most of the victims were asleep when the landslides struck between 1 am. and 4 am on Tuesday. Huge boulders and uprooted trees rushed down from Mundakkai to Chooralmala, causing severe damage.

The heavy water surge from the hilltop altered the small Iruvazhinji river, flooding everything along its banks. Several houses were destroyed, a temple and a mosque were submerged, and a school building was severely damaged.

The Indian Army personnel on Wednesday carried out a daring rescue mission, saving 19 civilians stranded in the Ela Resort and Vana Rani Resort, located beyond landslide-hit Mundakkai village in Wayanad district.

Despite the challenges posed by the flooding river, they utilised ropes and formed a human bridge to ensure the safe evacuation of all civilians to Chooralmala.

Meanwhile, several companies of the army moved from Thiruvananthapuram and Bengaluru to Wayanad to join the rescue and relief operations.The army companies included those experienced in disaster relief, medical teams, ambulances, and other equipment, it said

The process of identifying the victims is going on., Bodies are kept at Meppadi Social Health Center and Nilambur District Hospital. Currently, 191 people are admitted to various hospitals in the district.

Of the bodies recovered so far, some bodies have been found in the Chaliyar river, which flows into neighbouring Malappuram district.The river carried 28 bodies, or rather parts of human bodies mutilated by the vengeful landslide, for around 25 km to Pothukallu near Nilambur in Malappuram district

As many as 45 relief camps have been established in Wayanad, accommodating 3,069 people.

The Mundakkai village has been utterly ravaged by the landslide. In Mundakkai, where there were more than 400 houses, only 30 remains now. Mundakai is in a situation where it is impossible to know how many people have died or even how many people are safe

Meanwhile, the army has decided to construct a Bailey bridge on Chooralmala river.The materials for the construction of the Bailey bridge were delivered at the Kannur airport for rescue operations in the Wayanad landslide disaster. It was brought to Kannur in an air force flight.

The equipment and parts of the bridge will reach Wayanad in around 10 trucks . Kerala revenue Minister K Rajan informed that the construction of Bailey bridge will help speed up the rescue operation.