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The death toll in rain-related incidents over the last 24 hours in Kerala reached 22 on Thursday as Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan postponed Saturday's annual Nehru boat race in Alappuzha following forecast for more rains.
"In the intervening night of August 8-9, 22 person died in various districts of Kerala due to heavy rain and landslides," said a Home Ministry statement, quoting Kerala Emergency Operations Centre.
#WATCH: Road gets washed out in Malappuram after flash flood hit the region. #Kerala pic.twitter.com/2CqWjkn0noAs per the statement, the death includes 11 from Idukki, five from Malapuram, three from Wayanad, two from Kannur and one from Kozidkode.
- ANI (@ANI) August 9, 2018
#Kerala: All passenger carrying trains on Kanjikode-Walayar stretch in the Palakkad-Podanur section are likely to be regulated by 30 minutes to 60 minutes. Freight trains to be delayed. Repair work of the damaged track expected to be completed today. pic.twitter.com/FrFLkMPqwgFour teams of NDRF (National Disaster Response Force) left from Chennai to Kerala at 1.30pm on Friday. An Inter-ministerial Central team is also visiting the flood-affected area and the Army support is being mobilized from Bengaluru, the statement said.
- ANI (@ANI) August 9, 2018
Kerala: Over 100 houses vacated and 12 camps have been urgently opened at Paravur Taluk. Around 951 people rehabilitated in the district as the low-lying residential areas like Pathalam & Eloor have been submerged in water.
- ANI (@ANI) August 9, 2018
Kerala: Idukki dam opened after 26 years, following rising water levels due to heavy rains in the district.Arrivals at Cochin International Airport halted after water released from Idukki dam, the report added.
- ANI (@ANI) August 9, 2018
EMERGENCY UPDATE from Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL)!
As a measure of precaution, we are stopping Arrival Operation from 1:10 PM today. Please cooperate.
- Kochi Airport (@KochiAirport) August 9, 2018
An emergency control room has been opened at International Terminal. Contact no: +91 484 3053500. - at Cochin International Airport https://t.co/yr3SCmjoRr
- Kochi Airport (@KochiAirport) August 9, 2018
#Kerala: Heavy rain & subsequent water flow damaged a section of the track (B-line) between Kanjikode and Walayar, yesterday. Train services have been temporarily suspended on this line. Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) & other divisional officers inspected the site immediately. pic.twitter.com/xBK3XEcJgr
- ANI (@ANI) August 9, 2018
#Kerala: Heavy rain & subsequent water flow damaged a section of the track (B-line) between Kanjikode and Walayar, yesterday. Train services have been temporarily suspended on this line. Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) & other divisional officers inspected the site immediately. pic.twitter.com/xBK3XEcJgr
- ANI (@ANI) August 9, 2018
Update : 20 killed in #Kerala landslides
Water level rising in #Idukki dam; holiday for select schools across Kerala Unprecedented that shutters of 22 dams have been opened. Heavy rain causing widespread damage in several districts. pic.twitter.com/RDHo92VIOl
- Rahul Singh (@rahulreports) August 9, 2018
#WATCH Kerala Fire & Rescue Department rescue people from low-lying residential areas using boats as rain water enters houses in Pathalam, Ernakulam. #Kerala pic.twitter.com/TnnmPItU9T
- ANI (@ANI) August 9, 2018
#Kerala: Rain water enters low-lying residential areas in Pathalam, Ernakulam. Kerala Fire & Rescue Department rescue people using boats. 20 people have died in Kerala so far in flooding and landslides following heavy and incessant rains. pic.twitter.com/iwrigz41WF
- ANI (@ANI) August 9, 2018
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