The Hindu·3 min read·medium
Kerala floods 2026: Idukki mudslide survivor recalls moments before disaster
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Sandeep Vellaram
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A survivor of a devastating mudslide in Idukki, Kerala, recounts the harrowing experience of escaping his home with his family during torrential rains. The disaster resulted in the total loss of the family's property and life savings.
For Charukallel Thankaraj, a resident of Chemmannu, under the Elappara panchayat in Kerala’s Idukki, and his family, it had been an ordinary night sleeping in their house on their five-cent plot. Little did they know that they would be soon rendered homeless and have a narrow escape from a massive mudslide that struck their house around 4:45 a.m. on Saturday (August 1, 2026).
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