Kerala Floods

Earlier in the day, due to rising water levels in various dams due to heavy rains in the catchment areas and the eastern hilly regions of the state, the Kerala government issued alerts to the public that shutters of certain dams will be raised, resulting in increase in water levels of rivers in south and central Kerala.

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The flood victims are forced to visit multiple offices requesting for reissuance of lost or damaged documents, he said.

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A team of experts from Hyderabad are expected to arrive at Kavalappara on August 17 with Ground Penetrating Radars (GPR) which would help in detection of bodies buried under mounds of earth.

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A Kerala government update at 5 PM said 102 people lost their lives across the state in floods and landslides, triggered by the second spell of monsoon, since August 8.

A red alert has been sounded for three north Kerala districts of Malappuram, Kannur and Kozhikode, which bore the brunt of the flood fury and landslides last week.

Fifty eight persons are still missing, of whom 50 are in Malappuram, where the toll is 24, the highest in the state.

Gandhi, currently visiting areas ravaged by floods and landslides in his constituency, posted the appeal on his Facebook page.

The villages, in nearby districts of Malappuram and Wayanad, two of the badly hit in the heavy rains, now have no signs of any habitation as the houses have been buried under the huge mounds of earth and roads have gone missing.

Accompanied by Congress general secretary K C Venugopal, Gandhi arrived at the Karipur airport on August 11 afternoon.

Over 1.65 lakh people have taken shelter in 1,318 relief camps across the southern state where the rains have triggered numerous landslides or caused floods in most of its 14 districts.

"Airport is ready. Flight operations will resume at noon tomorrow. That is ahead of deadline. Airlines are instructed to facilitate services accordingly," the Cochin International Airport Limited spokesperson told reporters.

A year after Kerala was devastated by the deadliest monsoon that led to the worst deluge in a century, the southern state has been at the receiving end of nature's fury again.

A year after Kerala was devastated by the deadliest monsoon that led to the worst deluge in a century, the state was again at the receiving end of the nature's fury, prompting the government to seek the help of the Army and the Air Force.

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In this podcast, we will survey the unique approach that the Kerala government is employing to rebuild the state to overcome the aftermath of the floods that devastated it over a month ago.