On 16 August 2018, severe floods affected the south Indian state Kerala, due to unusually heavy rainfall during the monsoon season. [1] [2] [3] It was the worst flood in Kerala in nearly a century. [4]Over 483 people died, [5] and about one million [6] [7] people were evacuated, mainly from Chengannur, [8] Pandanad, [9] Edanad, Aranmula, Kozhencherry, Ayiroor, …

Thiruvananthapuram's Early Warning System (EWS) plan of 2016, classifies flood alerts as level 1, 2 or 3. The response to each alert level may include notifying local government, broadcasting to the public, activating response teams or evacuating high risk areas. [14] By 9 August 2020, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) had placed 7 districts in Kerala under red alert.

Aug 20, 2018 · Floods in the southern Indian state of Kerala have killed more than 350 people since June. The BBC's Navin Singh Khadka explains why they were so deadly this time.

Oct 18, 2021 · At least 27 people have been killed after heavy rain triggered floods and landslides in southern India. Torrential rain has battered the coastal state of Kerala since Friday, causing rivers to ...

A flooded road at Angamaly. On 8 August 2019, due to heavy rainfall in the monsoon season, severe flood affected Kerala. [3] As a security measure in the prevailing situation of heavy rains, the India Meteorological Department had issued a red alert in the 9 districts in Northern and Central Kerala, orange alert in 3 districts of Central Kerala, and yellow alert in the 2 …

Oct 18, 2021 · The 2018 floods were the worst in Kerala in a century, and displaced more than one million people. An assessment carried out by the federal government that same year found that the state, which ...

Aug 22, 2018 · Nearly 400 people have died and thousands remained stranded by the worst flooding in the Indian state of Kerala in a century. More than one million people have been displaced, many of them taking ...

The judges of the Supreme Court will contribute Rs 25,000 each to the Kerala flood relief fund, informed chief justice of India Dipak Misra on Monday. 8:20 am IST. All-party meet at 4 pm.

Aug 17, 2018 · PM Narendra Modi arrives in Kerala after the state's worst flooding in a century kills at least 324. ... Volunteers in Kozhikode district in Kerala sort through flood relief supplies.

Dec 4, 2021 · Over 82,000 people in Kerala have been displaced due to the floods that have ravaged the State over the last nine days. As of Friday night, 164 were killed between August 8 and 17, and more than 3 ...