2018-08-09 Flood in India on 09 August, 2018

Disaster Situation

The situation in Kerala state of India is worsened on Aug 10,2018 as all the five sluice gates of the Idukki dam were opened an shutters of over two dozen other dams were lifted, submerging vast areas in the state which has been reeling under unprecedented downpour in decades. The death toll in the last 48 hours has touched 29 in the past 24 hours. Eight districts namely Wayanad, Idukki, Alapuzzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Palakkad, Malappuram and Kozhikode districts are on red alert. As many as 439 relief camps have been opened sheltering more than 50,00 people in the state.
( Source: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/kerala-flood-toll-rises-to-29-red-alert-in-8-districts/articleshow/65360414.cms)