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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

One million moved into camps, 184 dead in India monsoon floods

2019-08-13

[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Indian authorities have moved around a million people into emergency camps in recent days as the corpse count from monsoon floods jumped Monday to at least 184.

The southern state of Kerala, a tourist haven known for its beaches, hill resorts and backwaters, has been the worst hit region for the second consecutive year, forcing the closure of the Kochi international airport for three days last week.

"At least 76 people have died, 58 are missing and another 32 have received injuries," Pramod Kumar, Kerala police front man, told AFP.

Around 288,000 people across the state’s worst affected districts including Wayanad, Malappuram and Kozhikode have been moved to relief camps.

At least 42 people have also bit the dust in neighboring Karnataka state, which has seen some of its worst flooding of recent years.

"We have evacuated over 580,000 people," a senior Karnataka government official told AFP.

Many key highways and roads across the affected regions have been damaged or cut off by rising waters.

Local emergency personnel and troops from the army, navy and air force have been deployed for search, rescue and relief operations.

Indian media have also reported 66 deaths in the western states of Maharashtra and Gujarat
...where rioting seems to be a traditional passtime...
, with tens of thousands of people shifted to relief camps.

While the monsoon rains are crucial to replenishing water supplies in drought-stricken India, they kill hundreds of people across the country every year.

Last year Kerala was hit by its worst floods in almost a century with around 450 people killed.

Posted by:Fred

#4 Dron, that's why I mentioned Kashmir. It's pretty high with plenty of drainage and dry grounds. It admitting, is a bit far to travel to though.

Not much I can say about India government system, but to say they will have to deal with the corruption somehow. there does seems to be some shining stars within the government, but whether or not those are enough, time will tell.

Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2019-08-13 18:29

#3 SCFI, the rains have affected the southern inland parts only. Large, forested plains and marshlands get completely submerged and the administrations that built the dams built them mostly on paper. The village people and small towns suffer as a result.

Long standing problem of socialist countries, embezzlement and corruption in the name of contracting. But the camps are duly provided by Army and the rescues and airlifts by Air Force. Despite hundred million $ budgets for proper dams and stuff, the poorest civilians wait every year to be hit by calamity. Farmers, tribes, villagers...

Over population and climate is also a reason. Just something that can't be helped. So we keep the rescue and shelter camps ready for such exigencies.

Posted by: Dron66046 2019-08-13 15:03

#2 Were they moved to camps in Kashmir?

Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2019-08-13 13:43

#1 One would think that someone is trying to tell them something?

Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2019-08-13 13:41

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