KERALA FLOOD 2019 OUTCOMES |FINDYOURSELF
August 30, 2019 1 Comments

KERALA FLOOD 2019

On 8 August 2019, due to heavy rainfall in the Monsoon season, severe flood affected the southern Indian State of Kerala.
As a security measure in the prevailing situation of heavy rains, the Government of Kerala has issued Red alert in the 9 districts in Northern and Central Kerala, orange alert in 3 districts in Central Kerala, and yellow alert in the 2 districts of southern Kerala.thousands of people have been evacuated to safer places and relief camps.A total of 101 people have died due to rain-related incidents since 14 August 2019, These camps now host more than 2 lakh people from various parts of the state.
As of 14 August 2019 , 121 people have been killed due to the floods across the state of Kerala. Over 2 lakh people have been directly affected by the flood, and have been shifted to 1318 relief camps in different parts of Kerala.Airport authorities suspended operations of the flood-affected Cochin International Airport .
The data from the Kerala State Disaster Management states that, as many as1,789 houses had been damaged fully in between 8 and 19 August, while the number of partially damaged houses is 14,542.
There have been 80 landslides in the span of 2 days, as said by the Chief Minister.
Many people who are feared to be buried alive under them are being rescued.
It is still a critical situation as the calamities interfere with the rescue operations. Districts that have been severely affected .Immediate financial aid of up to Rs 10,000 each for all calamity-hit families which had suffered losses in the torrential rains.
A sum of Rs 4 lakh would be given to those whose houses had been fully damaged or had become uninhabitable and Rs 10 lakh to those who had lost their houses as well as land in the rain fury and landslides, Chief Minister's cabinet meeting

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