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Kerala is facing its worst flood in 100 years. 80 dams opened, 324 lives lost and 223139 people are in about 1500+ relief camps. Your help can rebuild the lives of the affected,” chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said in a tweet, citing the overall toll this monsoon season. Heavy rains are forecast for isolated places Read More…
With rains pounding the catchment areas of the Cauvery and Bhavani rivers, and a huge amount of excess water being released from dams in Karnataka and Kerala, more than 1,200 families in Erode district have been moved to safer places. Majority of the rivers in Coimbatore district are in spate due to the heavy inflow Read More…
The flood situation in the state worsened on Thursday amid nonstop rain with the public transport system virtually collapsing in many parts of central Kerala after the Southern Railways and Kochi Metro suspended their operations due to floods. In Malappuram nine members of a family perished after their house collapsed on Wednesday in landslide and Read More…
The weather department has issued a red alert for Wayanad, Kozhikode, Kannur, Kasaragod, Malappuram, Palakkad, Idukki and Ernakulam districts till Thursday. The worst-affected Idukki and Wayanad districts received 80mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours, a spokesperson of the regional office of the meteorological department said. The death toll in Kerala has risen to Read More…
Rough to very rough sea conditions are also likely in the west-central and south-western Arabian sea, and fishermen have been advised not to venture into these areas, warned IMD. Arriving fresh surge of the westerly winds will intensify the monsoons in Kerala, Karnataka and the ghat areas of Tamil Nadu over 48 hours , while Read More…
With the water inflow from the Kabini and KRS dams in Karnataka reaching an all-time high of 1.35 lakh cusecs, that made tamilnadu government to release water from the Mettur dam increased to 1.25 lakh cusecs. As Stanley Reservoir in Mettur achieved its full reservoir level (FRL) on Saturday for the second time in 20 Read More…
Northern and central Kerala have been battered by heavy rains of the Southwest monsoon since August 8, which has left 29 people dead, including three today. Of them, 25 died in landslides and four in drowning. State officials said a total of 53,501 people are now housed in 439 relief camps across the state. Five Read More…
Nearly 24 people have died in Kerala due to heavy rains and landslides, the Home Ministry spokesperson said today. Of the total deaths, 11 people died in Idukki district, five in Malappuram district, three in Wayanad, two in Kannur and one in Kozhikode he added Meanwhile, the Kerala state electricity board has issued third red Read More…
Death toll rose to 82 after a magnitude 6.9 in richter scale earthquake rocked the Indonesian island of Lombok and on nearby Bali on Sunday, damaging buildings, sending terrified residents and tourists running into the streets and triggering a brief tsunami warning. Social media posts from the scene showed debris piled on streets and sidewalks. Read More…
