Kerala flood LIVE: 370 dead; 1st commercial plane lands at Kochi naval base

Kerala floods LIVE updates: PM Modi to take aerial survey today of Kerala flood situation as death toll rises to 324. Find Kerala floods latest news, flood situation in kerala and flood-affected areas in Kerala.

Latest News The death toll has reached 370 in flood-hit Kerala Floods as two more deaths were reported on Sunday morning. Around 58,000 people were rescued from different districts of the state. The rains have estimated to have inflicted a loss of Rs 19.5 billion to the state's economy, chief minister Pinanrayi Vijayan informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi who took stock of the situation. Modi's aerial survey to witness the massive loss and destruction triggered by the torrential rains in Kerala was cut short on Saturday due to bad weather, state government officials said. He saluted the people of the rain-ravaged Kerala for their "fighting spirit" and said today the nation stands firmly with the state in this hour. Over 314,000 people have been moved to relief camps. As Kerala faces its worst floods in over a century, Central Railways on Sunday morning sent over 1.4 million litres of drinking water from Pune to extend a helping hand in the relief work in the state. Several states governments too, have announced financial aid to Chief Minister's Relief Fund along with Centre announcing a relief of Rs 5 billion for

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