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Heavy rainfall events are showing an increasing trend over Kerala during the southwest (summer) monsoon season as per the past 20 years (2001-21) data and the state recorded the highest number of major landslides in the country in the past seven years, the ministry of earth sciences informed Parliament in July 2022. Analysis of heavy rainfall and landslides data of the southern state not only shows its growing vulnerability to extreme weather events but also calls for saving the ecological fragile Western Ghats where indiscriminate human activities may make the situation worse in coming years. Out of a total 3,782 landslides between 2015 and 2022 in India, the highest 2,239 were reported in Kerala followed by West Bengal (376), Tamil Nadu (196), Karnataka (194) and Jammu & Kashmir (184).