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KUWAIT CITY, Sept 9: Indian Business and Professional Council (IBPC) donated Indian rupees 9,27,000 (nine lakhs twenty seven thousand) to Kerala Flood Relief Chief Minister’s Fund. IBPC has donated nine lakhs twenty seven thousand rupees (Rs 9,27,000) to Kerala Chief Ministers Relief Fund. E.P Jayarajan, Minister for Industries and Sports …

Schools cancel customary celebrations, offer expenses to flood relief fund KUWAIT CITY, Aug 30: In the aftermath of the worst deluge in a century, in the Indian state of Kerala, fondly known as God’s Own Country the Good Samaritans of Bhavans, Kuwait irrespective of caste, creed or nationality, joined their …

NEW DELHI/ALAPPUZHA, Aug 28, (RTRS): More than a week after the floodwater began subsiding, animal carcasses are still floating in Kerala’s backwaters, and in places a nauseating stench rises like a wall when the wake from a passing boat breaks the surface. These inland lagoons running parallel to the coast …

KOCHI, India, Aug 26, (AFP): The death toll from devastating floods in the southern Indian state of Kerala rose to 445 Sunday with the discovery of 28 more bodies as the waters recede and a massive cleanup gathers pace, government officials said. Around a million people are still packed into …

KOCHI, India, Aug 20, (Agencies): Floodwaters receded in Kerala on Monday, leaving Indian rescuers the grim task of retrieving bodies as the death toll from the worst monsoon rains in a century rose above 400. With nearly three quarters of a million people packed into relief camps in the southern …

THRISSUR, India, Aug 19, (Agencies): Rescuers searched submerged villages in southwest India on Sunday in a desperate hunt for survivors after floods killed at least 370 people and drove more than 700,000 from their homes. Entire villages in Kerala have been swept away in the state’s worst floods for a …

TRIVANDRUM, India, Aug 18, (Agencies): Thousands of stranded people were waiting to be rescued Saturday and officials pleaded for more help as relentless monsoon floods battered the southern Indian state of Kerala, where more than 190 have died in a little over a week and much of the state is …

Kochi, India, Aug 16, 2018 (AFP) -The death toll from floods in India’s tourist hotspot of Kerala increased to 77 on Thursday, as torrential rainfall threatened new areas, officials told AFP. Over 60,000 people have now entered relief camps and the army and navy have stepped up rescue operations in …

MANILA, Philippines, Dec 25, (Agencies): Tens of thousands of villagers in the southern Philippines spent their Christmas morning in emergency shelters Monday as the region dealt with the aftermath of a powerful storm that left more than 200 people dead. Tropical Storm Tembin unleashed landslides and flash floods mostly in …

Two toddlers were among at least six people who died after floods caused by heavy seasonal monsoon rains destroyed homes and disrupted traffic in India’s financial capital, police said on Wednesday. Train services resumed slowly and dozens of commuters began walking to work in Mumbai, a city of 20 million …