A newspaper report about flod on kerala +1 examination
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Kerala Floods: Death Toll Rises
By Ayushi Parihar
Times Staff Reporter
Kerala: Pressure intensified on Saturday, 18 August 2018, to save thousands
still trapped by devastating floods that have killed more than 300 in the
Indian state of Kerala, triggering landslides and sending torrents sweeping
through villages in the region’s worst flood crisis in a century. Authorities
warned of more torrential rain and strong winds over the weekend, as
hundreds of troops and local fishermen staged desperate rescue attempts in
helicopters and boats across the southern state.
Kerala, popular among international tourists for its tropical hills and
beaches, has been battered by record monsoon rainfall this year. “The state
is facing the worst floods in 100 years,” Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan
said on Twitter, adding that at least 324 lives have been lost so far.
Roads are damaged, mobile phone networks are down, an international
airport has been closed and more than 220,000 people have been left
homeless after unusually heavy rain in the past nine days.
Casualty numbers are expected to increase further, with thousands more
people still stranded. Many have died from being buried in hundreds of
landslides set off by the flooding. Mr. Pinarayi Vijayan said the state was
experiencing an extremely grave crisis, with the highest flood warning in
place in 12 of its 14 regions. “We’re witnessing something that has never
happened before in the history of Kerala,” he told reporters.