Malappuram: Two kids lost their lives after their house near Karipur in Kerala's Malappuram district collapsed early on Tuesday. According to police, the deceased were identified as a six-month-old infant and her eight-year-old sister.
The house which collapsed in Mathamkulam near the Mundottupadam area in the district belonged to the grandfather of the children, they added.
The tragedy took place when a nearby under-construction house collapsed onto the victims' residence due to heavy rain at around 4.30 this morning, locals said, adding that though the kids were rushed to the Kozhikode medical college hospital, their lives could not be saved.
The heavy downpour continued to batter Kerala since Monday and the weather department had already issued a heavy rainfall alert for Tuesday for several parts of the state.
A cyclonic circulation over the east-central Arabian Sea is likely to persist for the next three days and as a result, isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to occur from October 11 to 15.
