The district administration announced that 74 bodies that could not be identified would be laid to rest in public graveyards.
Rescuers searching the debris on Friday
A respite from the incessant rain of the past three days provided a crucial window of opportunity for rescue teams in landslide-hit Wayanad on Friday, 2 August. With the intensity of the rain significantly reduced, search operations were scaled up not only in Mundakkai and Chooralmala but also in the surrounding areas, including forests. Eleven bodies were recovered on Friday.