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Coast Guard Rescues 11 From Boat In Critical Condition Due To Flooding Off Kerala Coast
In a coordinated sea-air operation, the Coast Guard rescued an Indian fishing boat, which was in a critical condition due to flooding from a hull rupture, with 11 crew onboard off the Kerala coast
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Ham Radios To Aid Rescue Operations In Rain-Hit Kerala
Even as the incessant rains and resultant flooding disrupted lives across central Kerala, ham radio enthusiasts have quietly swung into action in Thrissur district.
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Navy Increases Readiness For Rescue Operations Amid Heavy Rains In Kerala
In view of a red alert issued in five districts of Kerala amid flood-like situation following heavy rains in the state, the Southern Naval Command (SNC) has gone up in readiness for assisting local administration in rescue operations.
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Monsoon Claims Over 100 Lives Across India, Kerala Worst-Hit: 10 Points
Floods caused by the ongoing monsoon have killed 114 people and displaced thousands across much of the country, with the southern state of Kerala being the worst hit, news agency PTI reported. As the number of dead in Kerala crossed 50, the government ordered military teams to form rescue units and airlift food to stranded villages across the state...
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Army Rescues Newborn In Kerala's Worst Flood-Hit Wayanad
Kerala floods: The rescue operation team in Wayanad have been evacuating senior citizens, women, children, and others by carrying them on their shoulders or palanquins.
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24 People Killed In Karnataka Floods, Loss Estimated At 6000 Crore, Says BS Yediyurappa: Live Updates
More than 50 people have died and lakhs have displaced after heavy monsoon rains led to flooding in different parts of the country. Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala are the worst-hit states where rescue operations have been launched to evacuate people to safety.
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28 Dead As Rain Batters Kerala, No School, Kochi Airport Shut Till Sunday
Flight operations at Cochin International Airport in Kerala have been stopped till 3 pm on Sunday due to heavy rain, airport officials said today. The water level in Periyar river and a canal near the airport has been rising. At least 28 people have died in the floods since Thursday, the state government said; officials said the number of dead is l...
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Kerala Gets 102 Crores Bill For Using Air Force Aircraft In Flood Rescue
The centre has forwarded a bill of Rs 102 crore to the Kerala government for using Indian Air Force planes and helicopters for flood relief operations in the state last year, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday.
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65,000 People Rescued By Fishermen During Floods: Kerala Minister
Braving driving rain and raging waters, fishermen from Kerala had rescued 65,000 marooned people from flood hit areas in the state during rescue operations, Fisheries Minister J Mercykutty Amma said today.
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Rescue Operations In Kerala Saw Many Firsts, Says Top Air Force Officer
The Kerala flood rescue operation was the largest disaster relief exercise the Air Force has ever conducted, with its powerful helicopters dropping a total of 2.47 lakh kg of relief material. The Air Force had to pinpoint areas that were inaccessible even by boats to rescue people in the flood-wrecked state.
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21,000 Crores Needed As Kerala Rebuilds After Floods
After the worst rain and floods in a century, Kerala is slowly inching towards the road to recovery. Rescue operations now over, the focus has shifted to providing relief and rehabilitation to the over one million people displaced by the floods.
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Defence Minister To Visit Flood-Hit Karnataka's Kodagu Tomorrow
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will visit tomorrow the floods and landslide-ravaged Kodagu district, bordering Kerala, where rescue and relief operations are underway in full swing.
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Kerala To Honour Defence Personnel For Rescue Operations
As part of expressing gratitude to the defence personnel who participated in the rescue operations in the rains that devastated Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday said the state government would organise a befitting farewell to them on Sunday.
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Navy Calls Off 14-Day Rescue Operations In Flood-Hit Kerala
The Southern Naval command today called off its 14-day long rescue operations in the flood-hit Kerala, saying there were no more requests for evacuation as waters receding in affected areas.
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BSF Forms Team To Clear Debris, Bodies In Keralas Flood-Hit Thrissur
A team of 40 BSF personnel has fanned out in Kerala's Thrissur district for post-disaster rescue and sanitisation operations even as the force has rescued over 500 people from the flood affected areas till now, a senior official today said.
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Coast Guard Rescues 11 From Boat In Critical Condition Due To Flooding Off Kerala Coast
In a coordinated sea-air operation, the Coast Guard rescued an Indian fishing boat, which was in a critical condition due to flooding from a hull rupture, with 11 crew onboard off the Kerala coast
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Ham Radios To Aid Rescue Operations In Rain-Hit Kerala
Even as the incessant rains and resultant flooding disrupted lives across central Kerala, ham radio enthusiasts have quietly swung into action in Thrissur district.
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Navy Increases Readiness For Rescue Operations Amid Heavy Rains In Kerala
In view of a red alert issued in five districts of Kerala amid flood-like situation following heavy rains in the state, the Southern Naval Command (SNC) has gone up in readiness for assisting local administration in rescue operations.
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Monsoon Claims Over 100 Lives Across India, Kerala Worst-Hit: 10 Points
Floods caused by the ongoing monsoon have killed 114 people and displaced thousands across much of the country, with the southern state of Kerala being the worst hit, news agency PTI reported. As the number of dead in Kerala crossed 50, the government ordered military teams to form rescue units and airlift food to stranded villages across the state...
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Army Rescues Newborn In Kerala's Worst Flood-Hit Wayanad
Kerala floods: The rescue operation team in Wayanad have been evacuating senior citizens, women, children, and others by carrying them on their shoulders or palanquins.
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24 People Killed In Karnataka Floods, Loss Estimated At 6000 Crore, Says BS Yediyurappa: Live Updates
More than 50 people have died and lakhs have displaced after heavy monsoon rains led to flooding in different parts of the country. Maharashtra, Karnataka and Kerala are the worst-hit states where rescue operations have been launched to evacuate people to safety.
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28 Dead As Rain Batters Kerala, No School, Kochi Airport Shut Till Sunday
Flight operations at Cochin International Airport in Kerala have been stopped till 3 pm on Sunday due to heavy rain, airport officials said today. The water level in Periyar river and a canal near the airport has been rising. At least 28 people have died in the floods since Thursday, the state government said; officials said the number of dead is l...
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Kerala Gets 102 Crores Bill For Using Air Force Aircraft In Flood Rescue
The centre has forwarded a bill of Rs 102 crore to the Kerala government for using Indian Air Force planes and helicopters for flood relief operations in the state last year, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday.
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65,000 People Rescued By Fishermen During Floods: Kerala Minister
Braving driving rain and raging waters, fishermen from Kerala had rescued 65,000 marooned people from flood hit areas in the state during rescue operations, Fisheries Minister J Mercykutty Amma said today.
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Rescue Operations In Kerala Saw Many Firsts, Says Top Air Force Officer
The Kerala flood rescue operation was the largest disaster relief exercise the Air Force has ever conducted, with its powerful helicopters dropping a total of 2.47 lakh kg of relief material. The Air Force had to pinpoint areas that were inaccessible even by boats to rescue people in the flood-wrecked state.
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21,000 Crores Needed As Kerala Rebuilds After Floods
After the worst rain and floods in a century, Kerala is slowly inching towards the road to recovery. Rescue operations now over, the focus has shifted to providing relief and rehabilitation to the over one million people displaced by the floods.
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Defence Minister To Visit Flood-Hit Karnataka's Kodagu Tomorrow
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will visit tomorrow the floods and landslide-ravaged Kodagu district, bordering Kerala, where rescue and relief operations are underway in full swing.
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Kerala To Honour Defence Personnel For Rescue Operations
As part of expressing gratitude to the defence personnel who participated in the rescue operations in the rains that devastated Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday said the state government would organise a befitting farewell to them on Sunday.
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Navy Calls Off 14-Day Rescue Operations In Flood-Hit Kerala
The Southern Naval command today called off its 14-day long rescue operations in the flood-hit Kerala, saying there were no more requests for evacuation as waters receding in affected areas.
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BSF Forms Team To Clear Debris, Bodies In Keralas Flood-Hit Thrissur
A team of 40 BSF personnel has fanned out in Kerala's Thrissur district for post-disaster rescue and sanitisation operations even as the force has rescued over 500 people from the flood affected areas till now, a senior official today said.
