22 dead as heavy rains lash Kerala
With incessant rain in Kerala, the death toll has reached 28 and over 64,000 people have shifted into 738 relief camps across the rain-battered state, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Friday.
So far, 20 deaths caused by the floods have been reported across the state. Eight deaths had been reported on Thursday.
He said a red alert had been issued for Saturday in the worst affected districts of Ernakulam, Palakkad, Idukki, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad and Kannur.
He also said that Wayanad district continues to be the worst affected, while the situation get tougher if the gates of the Banasura dam were to be opened.
Earlier on Friday, Vijayan assured people there was no need to panic at all as things are under control.
On the presence of the forces which are engaged in relief and rescue operations, he said there are 13 teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), and three teams each of the engineering task force and the Army.
HIGHLIGHTS OF AUGUST 9:
08:55 pm: A group of angry local people confronted Maharashtra Water Resources Minister Girish Mahajan in Sangli district on Friday, complaining of delays in rescue operations.
08:39 pm: The flood situation in Karnataka worsened in Karnataka on Friday with no let up in the rains as the authorities battled to reach out to the needy in the state, where the toll went up to 12, with thousands of people being affected.
08:18 pm: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa faced an unpleasant situation on Friday evening when some people from flood-affected areas tried to lay siege to his cavalcade in Gadag district, complaining of inadequate relief.
08:00 pm: An Orange alert has been issued in Palakkad, Wayanad, Trishul and Kannur. The bad weather condition is obstructing the rescue operation.
07:38 pm: Around 30 houses were buried under debris in a landslide, accommodating about 50 people, at Kavalpara in Malappuram district. Rescue teams have recovered 30 bodies from the site.
07:17 pm: According to the official report, the number of relief camps in the state has been increased to 738 and about 64013 people have been rescued so far in Kerala. The state has reoprted over 30 landslides in the last 24 hours.
06:57 pm: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told media that 28 people have been killed in Kerala floods till 3 pm today. The chief minister had called an emergency meeting of the officials to review the situation in the flood-affected areas.
06:30 pm: The BJP-led Maharashtra government on Friday drew flak for laying down a norm that financial aid would be given to people in those areas which had been underwater for more than two days.
06:15 pm: Southern Railway on Friday suspended operations on two routes and cancelled over 20 trains due to floods caused by torrential rains in various regions of Palakkad division in Kerala.
05:53 pm: Often referred to as the poor man's Ooty, Meppadi in Kerala's Wayanad district has seen its entire look change after a massive landslide triggered by heavy rains and floods. Over 1,000 people are marooned in the area.
05:28 pm: Four women and a man were killed as the Nilgiris district in Tamil Nadu recorded the heaviest rains, with the tourist destination of Avalanche receiving 911 mm in a single day.
05:05 pm: A day after several villages in North Goa were inundated following heavy showers and release of water from Tillari dam, rains took a break in the state on Friday, prompting the government to expedite the restoration work in the flood-hit region.
04:45 pm: Four members of a family in Karnataka's Madikeri lost their lives while they were searching for the fifth one. Efforts are still on to trace the fifth person. The family's house was hit by a landslide at Korangaala village in Kodagu district of Karnataka on Friday, police said.
04:17 pm: Four columns of ETF teams from Jodhpur and Bhopal (two from each city) have been deployed for flood relief and rescue operations in Kerala. The Bhopal ETF team is expected to land at Kozhikode airport by evening.
03:56 pm: As many as 83 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams have been dispatched to four flood-hit states of Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka and Gujarat for rescue and relief operations, said the Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday.
03:48 pm: Ten Indian Army teams from Mumbai area on-ground rescued people in Kolhapur, Sangli and Raigad areas.
03:12 pm: Authorities have evacuated 80,000 more people from flood-hit and rain-affected areas in Karnataka, where the rain fury in the last few days has left 9 people dead. Joint rescue teams comprising personnel from Fire and Emergency Department, State Disaster Response Force, National
Disaster Response Force and Army have evacuated 1,24,291 people so far.
03:11 pm: Many parts of Punjab and Haryana have received light to moderate rains, which brought the mercury down by a few notches.
03:04 pm: Indian Navy puts all its bases and warships on high alert. Measures taken after Article 370 was revoked by the government and also due to the possibility of Pakistan-backed terrorists carrying out any attack
03:02 pm: In Karnataka, we are watching closely the districts of Belgaum, Kodagu and Uttara Kannada. In Kerala overall, the situation has not really deteriorated but there was an incident of a landslide in Wayanad due to heavy rainfall, says NDRF team
02:51 pm: The states of Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala are main areas of concern now and maximum deployments of NDRF teams are in these states. In Maharashtra, districts of Sangli and Kolhapur are the matter of concern where there is severe flooding
02:43 pm: NDRF continues rescue operations in Sirol area of Kolhapur, Maharashtra
02:29 pm: Images show cars washed away in flood waters in Kerala's Kozhikode district
Car washed away in Kerala floods
Car washed away in Kerala floods
02:15 pm: IMD issues Red alert for 9 districts of Kerala for today. Red alert issued for Ernakulam, Idukki, Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kannur and Kasargod districts
Red alert issued for districts of Kerala
02:13 pm:
02:09 pm: List of trains cancelled in Karnataka
Train No. 16511/16513 KSR Bengaluru–Kannur/Karwar Express of 09.08.2019 and 10.08.2019
Train No. 16518/16524 Kannur/Karwar–KSR Bengaluru Express of 09.08.2019 and 10.08.2019
Train No. 16516 Karwar–Yesvantpur Express of 10.08.2019
Train No. 16575 Yesvantpur–Mangaluru Jn. Express of 11.08.2019
Train No. 16586 Mangaluru Central – Yesvantpur Express of 09.08.2019
Train No. 16576 Mangaluru Jn–Yesvantpur Express of 09.08.2019
Train No. 16515 Yesvantpur–Karwar Express of 09.08.2019
Train No. 82654 Jaipur Yesvanthpur Express on 10.08.2019
Train No. 51030 Vijayapur-Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Mumbai on 08.08.2019 and 09.08.2019
Train No. 17317 Hubballi-Lokamayna Tilak Terminus on 11.08.2019
Train No. 17318 Lokamayna Tilak Terminus-Hubballi from 09.08.2019 to 12.08.2019
Train No. 19567 Tuticorin-Okha Express on 11.08.2019
Train No. 14806 Barmer-Yesvanthpur Express on 9.08.2019
Train No. 14805 Yesvanthpur-Barmer Express on 12.08.2019
Train. Hazrat Nizamuddin-Hubballi slip coaches connecting to Train No. 12780 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Vasco da Gama on 10.08.2019 for want of Racks
Train No. 16209 Ajmer-Mysuru Express on 11.08.2019
Train No. 11303 Manguru-Kolhapur Express on 09.08.2019
Train No. 11139 Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Mumbai-Gadag Express on 10.08.2019 and 11.08.2019
Train No. 11140 Gadag-Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Mumbai Express on 11.08.2019 and 12.08.2019
02:02 pm: The Central government has assured to extend all assistance to Karnataka to deal with the situation arising out of severe floods and incessant rains in parts of Karnataka, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has said.
02:01 pm: The death toll in rain-related incidents in the hilly Nilgiris district rise to 5. Tourist destination of Avalanche records the highest rainfall of 911 mm on a single day in south India.
01:59 pm: Extending all possible assistance to the Kerala government to deal with the flood situation, Indian Navy has said it is ready to open its airport for operation of small commercial flights if the inundated Cochin International Airport remains shut for a longer period.
01:35 pm: A total of 6 bodies have been recovered so far, from Meppadi in Wayanad district, where a landslide occurred yesterday
01:28 pm: Maksi-Guna railway under-bridge in Madhya Pradesh's Shajapur waterlogged, following heavy rainfall in the region
Bridge in Madhya Pradesh waterlogged due to incessant rains
01:07 pm:
01:05 pm: Indian Navy opens its airport INS Garuda for civil aircraft operations in Kochi due to non-availability of the civilian airport there
12:49 pm: Kerala CM says 315 relief camps have been set up; 22,000 people are there. Most people in these camps are from Wayanad. Death toll, across state is 22. The intensity of rainfall is likely to subside tomorrow but another spell of extremely heavy rainfall expected from Aug 15.
12:13 pm: All trains on Konkan railways cancelled due to a big landslide near Karwar
11:45 am: Traffic movement, through Kerala's Pattambi bridge, stops. The bridge is flooded as Bharathappuzha river is overflowing
Bridge in Kerala overflows due to heavy rains in the state
11:32 am: Rahul Gandhi has spoken to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the flood situation in Kerala and has sought assistance for those affected in the state, including in his constituency Wayanad.
11:30 am: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa visited relief camps in Mudhol today
11:21 am: NDRF rescues 60 people from landslide in Kerala's Wayanad
11:02 am: More than 500 passengers stranded in Kolhapur's Kini village, Maharashtra, due to heavy rains in the region
10:39 am: Indian Air Force teams carry out flood relief operations in Belagavi, Karnataka
10:23 am:
10:17 am: 10,00,00 cusec of water released from Kabini Dam in Karnataka, 1,50,00 cusec of water released from Taraka Dam and 1,00,00 cusec of water released from Nagu Dam
10:13 am: Houses submerge in floodwater in Aluva's Kuttamassery area in Kerala's Kochi
10:07 am: Uttarakhand: One woman and a child died in a cloudburst which has occurred in Padmalla and Faldiya Gaon village of Dewal block in Chamoli district
10:09 am: Uttarakhand: One woman and a child died in a cloudburst which has occurred in Padmalla and Faldiya Gaon village of Dewal block in Chamoli district
10:01 am:
09:51 am: Water enters houses in Muvattupuzha town of Ernakulam district in Kerala
09:48 am: NDRF rescues 54 people from Puthumala near Meppadi in Kerala's Wayanad
09:42 am: Traffic movement through Kerala's Pattambi bridge stopped after the bridge was flooded due to overflow of Bharathappuzha river
09:34 am:
09:20 am: All Mail/Express trains will be stopped at all stations between Bijapur-Gadag in Karnataka to pick up stranded passengers. Instructions in this regard has been issued to stations. Maharashtra is expected to release more water from dams of Krishna and Bhima river. Bijapur and Bagalkot districts will be affected
09:18 am: Water level in Gujarat's Sardar Sarovar Dam crosses danger mark, 22 out of 30 gates opened
09:13 am:
09:10 am: 9 dead in flood-hit Karntaka so far. 16875 people and 3010 animals have been shifted to 272 relief camps opened in the state
08:59 am: Two bodies recovered from Meppadi in Kerala's Wayanad district, where a landslide occurred yesterday
08:32 am: Light to moderate rain/thunderstorm may occur at Dharamshala, Mandi, Manali, Kullu, Bilaspur, Una, Palampur, Hamirpur, Solan, Shimla. (valid till 11 am)
08:23 am: Operations at Cochin International Airport suspended till 11th August (Sunday), 3 pm
08:20 am: Kerala Government declares holiday for the day, for all schools across the state
08:17 am: 12 rescue teams of Navy left last night for Sangli by road after airlift was aborted due to unfavourable weather conditions in Kolhapur and Sangli in Maharashtra. Police escorts were provided for a green corridor till Sangli, says Defence PRO
08:12 am: A landslide occurred in Puthumala, Wayanad, yesterday. Rescue operations underway
08:07 am:
08:01 am: Mysuru to Madikeri and Mysuru to HD Kote Road closed due to heavy rains and water overflowing
07:48 am: 22,165 people have been evacuated to safety and lodged in 315 camps across the state
22,165 people evacuated to safety in Kerala
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Flights coming to the airport have been diverted, a CIAL spokesperson said without elaborating.
A 'red alert' has been sounded in Kerala's Idukki, Malappuram, Kozhikode and Wayanad, IMD sources said. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who chaired an emergency meeting Thursday morning to take stock of the situation, said the state should be prepared for more downpour.
Couple of houses, a temple, a church and few vehicles came under the soil after a massive landslide was reported from Meppadi in the hilly Wayanad district of Kerala, authorities said.
Meanwhile, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy conducted an aerial survey of the flood-hit Polavaram and Devipatnam regions in East and West Godavari districts, even as the water level at Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage at Dowaleswaram crossed the second danger mark.
Nearly 44,000 people were evacuated from flood-hit Karnataka, while 9 people were reported dead in the past few days.
The Army has swung into action for relief and rescue operations in Wayanad and Coorg, a defence release said.
Road transport and train services were disrupted across Kerala, railway sources said. According to disaster management authority sources, three people from Idukki, one each in Kannur, Palakkad and Thrissur and two in Wayanad died in rain-related incidents Thursday. A one-year-old girl was among the dead.
Barring Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam districts, educational institutions will remain closed in rest of the 12 districts on August 9 following heavy rains.
All exams by the Kerala Public Service Commission and various Universities across the state, scheduled for tomorrow, have been postponed, officials said.
The water level is rising in most rivers and dams across the state with Kannur, Wayanad, Idukki, Malappuram, Kozhikode and Kasaragod districts facing a flood-like situation.
The state government has also asked tourists not to travel to high range areas including Idukki while restrictions have been imposed in Ponmudi,a hill station near Thiruvanathapuram.
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