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Prompt rescue operations proved critical in saving many lives as most parts of Kerala were marooned in the catastrophic floods of mid-2018.
The authorities had failed to issue precautionary alerts or warning when the deluge had wreaked havoc in the southern state in 2018, it said in a latest report.
The 'Chekuttys', as they were called, raised the value of those tattered clothes and made them more precious than their original value as dress material.
The Kerala govt and experts made us believe that each tragedy was a learning opportunity to prevent its recurrence. Yet, have we learnt any lessons from the climate-related tragedies? Hardly, it seems.
A total of 13 boats are anchored at the Pulinchode side of the Periyar river in Aluva.
No houses at Poovanchi were damaged during the 2018 floods but the people there had been living a nightmare since then.
The Indian Meteorological Department had not put out any ominous forecast for the first quarter of August; it was between August 5 and 15 that the southwest monsoon had gone berserk in the last three years.
The Kerala chief minister remembered the 'invaluable' support of European counties when the State was ravaged by floods in 2018 and 2019
During the floods, water was not released to the powerhouse due to the obstructions in the tunnels of the Lower Periyar Dam.
PB Nooh came to Pathanamthitta as a cool guy without any baggage. But when he leaves the district on Monday, there'll certainly be many memories weighing him down. The same is the feeling in the district which is bidding goodbye to Nooh with a heavy heart.