Wayanad, July 9 -- Search and rescue teams in landslide-hit Wayanad retrieved two more bodies from the site on Thursday, bringing the total death toll in the July 7 tragedy to five.

The rescue operations, which are currently focused on high-probability zones, were bolstered by favourable weather conditions. Officials confirmed that out of the five persons reported missing after the landslide, two have been accounted for today.

A Keralam Minister overseeing the operations stated that the teams are currently scouring Zone 1 and Zone 2.

"Our rescue operation is going on. Today, the climate is very favourable. Our rescue operation team has found an unidentified body... Now we are searching in zone 1 and zone 2... We are expecting more bodi...