In 2018, the state of Kerala witnessed unusually heavy rainfall, leading to a flood-like situation the state hasn't seen in decades. Millions were evacuated from their homes as water barged in ...

In August 2018, when Kerala experienced unusually heavy rainfall that led to death and destruction in the state, Anoop AB witnessed first-hand the horrific effects of a natural disaster.

Just how important the rain was in shaping memory around the 2018 flood may be understood from this fact -- for many people in Kerala, there is a pre-2018 affection for rain (an innocence attached ...

Kerala stares at repeat of 2018 floods as rain fury continues Reservoirs full and rivers overflowing; people shifted to relief camps Updated - August 05, 2022 12:16 pm IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ...

The report said 7,000-odd works for immediate repair and restoration of damages after the 2018 floods were approved under the State Disaster Response Fund. But it added only 18% of the work was ...

The expected rainfall for October till now was around 192.7 mm, but Kerala received 453.5 mm instead. More intense rains -- unusual in October -- have been predicted for the next two days.

New Delhi: Kerala saw three devastating floods in four years that together killed at least 600 people and wiped out entire habitations, drawing the world’s attention to how the climate crisis is ...

While the 2018 flood partly resulted from a large excess of monsoon rainfall accumulated throughout the season up to mid-August, the rain pattern that caused the 2019 floods is different,” S ...

In 2018, Kerala suffered catastrophic floods when heavy downpours during the monsoon season killed at least 400 people and displaced around 200,000.

It is not unusual for heavy rainfall to cause flooding and landslides in Kerala, because there are 44 rivers running through the state. In 2018, more than a million people had to be evacuated from ...