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Long road to recovery as Kerala floods recede

Dubbed God's Own Country for its natural beauty, India's southern state of Kerala now reels under its worst floods in a century. Rescue missions are continuing but some areas remain isolated, so the full extent of the damage is still unknown.

Kerala and Tamil Nadu Fire Force personnel carrying children on their shoulders through flood waters during a rescue operation in Annamanada village in Thrissur District, Kerala, on Sunday. Rescuers waded into submerged villages in a desperate search for survivors. PHOTO: AFP
Flood victims queueing for food inside a college auditorium (above) and volunteers passing boxes of food at a relief camp for people displaced by flooding on the outskirts of Kochi. PHOTO: REUTERS
Flood victims queueing for food inside a college auditorium and volunteers (above) passing boxes of food at a relief camp for people displaced by flooding on the outskirts of Kochi. PHOTO: AFP
A house destroyed by a landslide in Kannapanakundu village, about 422km north of Trivandrum, in Kerala, last Saturday. Pressure intensified to save thousands still trapped by the devastating floods that triggered landslides and sent torrents sweeping through villages. PHOTO: AFP
Flood victims airlifted by an Indian Navy helicopter in Paravoor, near Kochi, last Saturday as rain continued to lash Kerala. PHOTO: AFP
Babies and their mothers seeking refuge from the floods at a relief camp in Aluva on the outskirts of Kochi, Kerala, yesterday.
 PHOTO: AFP
People waiting for aid next to a makeshift raft at a flooded area in the southern state of Kerala on Sunday, as the death toll from the state’s worst floods in a century surpassed 400. PHOTO: REUTERS
Nirmala Ganapathy India Bureau Chief In Thiruvananthapuram
Updated
Aug 21, 2018, 08:32 AM
Published
Aug 21, 2018, 05:00 AM
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As flood waters in Kerala continued to recede yesterday, residents began taking in the extent of the damage.

Houses were destroyed or filled with mud, and roads were washed away in the heaviest monsoon rain to hit the southern state in a century.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on August 21, 2018, with the headline Long road to recovery as Kerala floods recede. Subscribe

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