The landslide that devastated a few villages of Wayanad recently is the biggest in India’s recorded history, according to a study commissioned by the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority. The July 30 landslide resulted in a debris flow of nearly six million cubic metres—capable of filling 2,400 Olympic-sized swimming pools stretching eight kilometres downhill, the study found. Previously, the 1998 Malpa landslide in Uttarakhand held the record for the largest debris flow in the country. The Wayanad landslide was five times larger than Malpa and 300 times the size of the 2020 Pettimudi landslide in Munnar.

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