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    India flood death toll shoots up to 324

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    India flood death toll shoots up to 324 Empty India flood death toll shoots up to 324

    Post by Kingseyi Fri Aug 17, 2018 6:22 pm

    More than 300 people have been killed in the
    Indian state of Kerala by the worst flooding to hit
    the region in a century, authorities said Friday,
    as troop reinforcements stepped up rescue
    efforts.
    An Indian man watches marooned houses
    on the outskirts of Kozhikode district,
    about 385 km north of Trivandrum in the
    south Indian state of Kerala, on August
    17, 2018.
    Troop reinforcements stepped up
    desperate rescue attempts in India’s
    flood-stricken Kerala state on August 17
    after more than 100 bodies were found in
    a day and a half, taking the crisis death
    toll to at least 164. / AFP PHOTO /
    The state — a key international tourist draw with
    its tropical mountains and beaches — has been
    battered by record monsoon rainfall in recent
    days and is “facing the worst flood in 100
    years”, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said.
    In a Twitter statement released by his office, he
    said there had been “324 lives lost”, a tripling of
    the death toll in the last 24 hours.
    An Indian woman watches residents
    walking through flood streets next to their
    marooned houses on the outskirts of
    Kozhikode district, about 385 km north of
    Trivandrum in the south Indian state of
    Kerala, on August 17, 2018.
    Troop reinforcements stepped up
    desperate rescue attempts in India’s
    flood-stricken Kerala state on August 17
    after more than 100 bodies were found in
    a day and a half, taking the crisis death
    toll to at least 164. / AFP PHOTO /
    Vijayan added that 223,139 people have been
    moved to more than 1,500 relief camps.
    With thousands still trapped, power and
    communication lines down and fresh alerts of
    further torrential rain, authorities warned of even
    more trouble ahead.
    More than 30 military helicopters and 320 boats
    are attempting rescues across Kerala.
    Extra troops have been sent in and local
    fishermen have also joined the operation with
    their boats.
    People all over the state of 33 million people
    have made panic-stricken appeals on social
    media for help, saying they cannot get through
    to rescue services.
    India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi was set to
    arrive in the stricken state on Friday night.

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