Search operations will continue in the 40-kilometre stretch of the Chaliyar river, which flows through Wayanad, Malappuram and Kozhikode districts, as many bodies and remains were recovered from it near Nilambur in Kerala’s Malappuram

The ideal conditions for the destructive landslides in Kerala's Wayanad district, which resulted in 123 fatalities, were created by climate change, delicate terrain, and deforestation, as per various studies conducted over time.