Flood rescue operations were reaching their “final stages”, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Wednesday as residents of one hill town returned to find their homes devastated.
Munnar, a popular tourist hill town, was left in disarray after the heavy rainfall triggered landslides and flooded local houses.
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Kerala state will seek to borrow more than 100 billion rupees ($1.4 billion) to finance reconstruction work after a disaster, Vijayan said on Tuesday.
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The worst floods in the state in a century claimed 383 lives, flattened tens of thousands of homes, and washed away roads and bridges.
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Indian flood-hit family eats by candlelight amid week-long blackout -
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Pregnant woman airlifted from flooded Kerala, India gives birth a boy shortly after rescue -
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Worst flood in a century kills at least 373 people in India’s southern state of Kerala -
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Desperate struggle to help flood victims in India’s Kerala state -
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Indian Air Force drops relief aid to victims of Kerala floods
Around 1.3 million are sheltering in thousands of relief camps.
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