Kerala Floods 2019: 121 dead, 1,789 Houses Collapsed.

Floods during monsoons are as common in the centre of our country as much as they are in coastal states. Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are prone to bad monsoons and saw the worst of it in the catastrophic floods last year that affected an estimated 40 million people, according to a UN report.

The tourism industry in India's southern Kerala state has been hit hard as the state reels from the worst flooding in over a century that has left more than 300 people dead. Incessant rain since.

How can Kerala inch closer to rebuilding itself after floods? The chief minister has sounded a call for a “New Kerala”, that is not merely bringing Kerala back to what it was before the floods.

Kerala recently witnessed one of the worst floods in its history. Twelve out of 14 districts were affected. More than 450 human lives were lost and resulted in destruction valued at more than Rs.

Oxfam response to Kerala floods. Published: 18th August 2018. Oxfam India is preparing emergency relief and assistance for people affected by one of the worst floods in the history of Kerala. The floods have affected more then one million people, left hundreds of thousands homeless and claimed the lives of 324 people to date.

The state of Kerala, which occupies the south-western corner of the Indian map, was created on 1st November, 1956, and is flanked by Karnataka in the north, Tamil Nadu in the east and south and the Arabian Sea in the west. Malayalam being the predominant language and its capital residing at Thiruvananthapuram.

Flood occurs when it rains heavily. Rivers are the only outlets of the rain water. When it rains heavily, the river bed swells. There is overflow of water on the banks in the river. We call it flood. As the rain continues for days the, water level in the river rises. We call it high flood. Generally, flood helps the farmers.

For Kerala’s flood disaster, we have ourselves to blame A 2014 Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology study based on rainfall data since 1900 had said that intensity of the monsoon rains was.

Asia Kerala flood devastation worsened by environmental degradation. In the aftermath of deadly floods, authorities in India's Kerala state have launched a reconstruction and rehabilitation drive.

Flood is usually an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land and the inflow of tide onto land. Floods are the most frequent and costly natural hazards, causing almost 90 percent of all the damage related to natural disasters.

Kerala Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala on Thursday said that the flood situation in Kerala is out of hands of the state administration and urged the defence forces to take over the rescue.

Only Idukki and Wayanad affected by floods due to release of water from the Dams. Idukki dam shutters will close by tomorrow most probably and Banasura Sagar dam also releasing water, so Wayanad is affected due to that. All other districts are safe to travel especially southern districts which is not at all affected by floods.