THE Indian flooding death toll has risen to over 350 with more than 800,000 people in total displaced by the natural disaster.
Experts are labeling the deluge which has smashed the southern Indian state of Kerala this week as ‘the worst flooding in a century’ as rescuers battle to save those still cut off by the floods, Dailymail said.
Authorities are also rushing to bring drinking water to the most affected areas, officials said Sunday.
P.H. Kurian, a top disaster management official in Kerala said rainfall in some areas went well over double that of a typical monsoon season.
Thousands of rescuers were continuing efforts to reach out to stranded people and get relief supplies to isolated areas by hundreds of boats and nearly two dozen helicopters, Kurian said. He said weather conditions had improved considerably and expected the nearly 10,000 people still stranded to be rescued by Monday.
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An estimated 800,000 people have taken shelter in some 4,000 relief camps across Kerala, Kurian said.
Large parts of southern India have been battered by heavy rain for weeks, which has triggered floods and landslides causing death and destruction.
At least 190 people have died in the flash flooding caused by torrential rain since August 8, while 350 have died in the three months of the rainy season.
The floods have triggered landslides and sent torrents sweeping through villages.
Heavy rain hit parts of Kerala again this morning, which has slowed attempts to deploy rescuers and get relief supplies to isolated areas.
Many have seen no help for days and can only be reached by boat or helicopter, although rescue attempts are underway in some parts.
Authorities said they were being inundated with calls for assistance, local media reported.
‘We are receiving multiple repetitive rescue requests,’ the office of the state’s top official, Pinarayi Vijayan, said Friday in a tweet, asking those in need to provide their exact location and nearby landmarks so rescuers can find them.
Officials have called it the worst flooding in Kerala in a century, with rainfall in some areas well over double that of a typical monsoon season.
The downpours that started August 8 have triggered floods and landslides and caused homes and bridges to collapse across Kerala, a picturesque state known for its quiet tropical backwaters and beautiful beaches.
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