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    1) The Indian state of Kerala experienced its worst flooding in decades in 2018 due to unprecedented monsoon rainfall that was over 164% higher than average. 2) Over 410 people were killed and more than 1 million were left homeless as floods up to 4.5 meters deep devastated the state. Critical infrastructure like roads, railways, and airports were damaged. 3) Indians from across the country and international donors provided massive support through social media coordination, donations, and relief efforts involving troops, boats, and helicopters to carry out search and rescue operations and provide aid.

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    1) The Indian state of Kerala experienced its worst flooding in decades in 2018 due to unprecedented monsoon rainfall that was over 164% higher than average. 2) Over 410 people were killed and more than 1 million were left homeless as floods up to 4.5 meters deep devastated the state. Critical infrastructure like roads, railways, and airports were damaged. 3) Indians from across the country and international donors provided massive support through social media coordination, donations, and relief efforts involving troops, boats, and helicopters to carry out search and rescue operations and provide aid.

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    1) The Indian state of Kerala experienced its worst flooding in decades in 2018 due to unprecedented monsoon rainfall that was over 164% higher than average. 2) Over 410 people were killed and more than 1 million were left homeless as floods up to 4.5 meters deep devastated the state. Critical infrastructure like roads, railways, and airports were damaged. 3) Indians from across the country and international donors provided massive support through social media coordination, donations, and relief efforts involving troops, boats, and helicopters to carry out search and rescue operations and provide aid.

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    KERALA FLOOD CASE STUDY

    Kerala
    Kerala is a state on the southwestern, Malabar Coast of India. The
    state has the 13th largest population in India. Kerala, which lies in the
    tropic region, is mostly subject to the type of humid tropical wet
    climate experienced by most of Earth’s rainforests.

    A map to show the location of Kerala

    Eastern Kerala consists of land encroached upon by the Western


    Ghats; the region includes high mountains, gorges, and deep-cut
    valleys. The wildest lands are covered with dense forests, while other
    regions lie under tea and coffee plantations or other forms of
    cultivation.
    Cause
    The Indian state of Kerala receives some of India’s highest rainfall
    during the monsoon season. However, during 2018 the state
    experienced its highest level of monsoon rainfall in decades.
    According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), there was
    2346.3 mm of rainfall, instead of the average 1649.55 mm.
    Kerala received over two and a half times more rainfall over the
    average for August. Between August 1 and 19, the state received
    758.6 mm of rainfall, compared to the average of 287.6 mm, or 164%
    more. This was 42% more than during the entire monsoon season.
    The unprecedented rainfall was caused by a spell of low pressure
    over the region. There was a perfect confluence of the southwest
    monsoon wind system and the two low-pressure systems that formed
    over the Bay of Bengal and Odisha. The low-pressure regions pull in
    the moist south-west monsoon winds, increasing their speed, as they
    then hit the Western Ghats, travel skywards, and form rain-bearing
    clouds
    Further downpours, on already saturated land, led to more surface
    run-off causing landslides and widespread flooding.
    Kerala has 41 rivers flowing into the Arabian Sea, and 80 of its dams
    were opened after being overwhelmed. Water treatment plants were
    submerged and motors were damaged.

    Effects
    In some areas, flood water was between 3-4.5m deep. Floods in the
    southern Indian state of Kerala killed more than 410 people since
    June 2018 in what local officials said was the worst flooding in 100
    years. Many of those who died had been crushed under debris
    caused by landslides. More than 1 million people were left homeless
    in the 3,200 emergency relief camps set up in the area.
    Parts of Kerala’s commercial capital, Cochin, were underwater,
    snarling up roads and leaving railways across the state
    impassable. The state’s airport, which is used by domestic and
    overseas tourists, was closed causing major disruption.
    Local plantations were inundated by water, endangering the local
    rubber, tea, coffee and spice industries.
    Schools in all 14 districts of Kerala were closed and some districts
    have banned tourists because of safety concerns.
    Maintaining sanitation and preventing disease in relief camps housing
    more than 800,000 people was a significant challenge. Authorities
    also had to restore regular supplies of clean drinking water and
    electricity to the state’s 33 million residents.
    Officials have estimated more than 83,000km of roads will need to be
    repaired and that the total recovery cost will be between £2.2bn and
    $2.7bn.

    Response
    Indians from different parts of the country used social media to help
    people stranded in the flood-hit southern state of Kerala. Hundreds
    took to social media platforms to coordinate search, rescue and food
    distribution efforts and also to reach out to people who needed help.
    Social media was also used to support fundraising for those affected
    by the flooding. This was supported by a number of Bollywood stars.
    Some Indians have opened up their homes for people from Kerala
    who were stranded in other cities because of the floods.
    Thousands of troops were deployed to rescue those caught up in the
    flooding. Army, navy and air force personnel were deployed to help
    those stranded in remote and hilly areas. Dozens of helicopters
    dropped tonnes of food, medicine and water over areas cut off by
    damaged roads and bridges. Helicopters were also involved in
    airlifting people marooned by the flooding to safety.
    More than 300 boats were involved in rescue attempts. The state
    government said each boat would get 3,000 rupees (£34) for each
    day of their work and that authorities would pay for any damage to the
    vessels.
    As the monsoon rains began to ease, efforts increased to get relief
    supplies to isolated areas along with clean up operations where water
    levels were falling.
    Millions of dollars in donations have poured into Kerala from the rest
    of India and abroad in recent days. Other state governments have
    promised more than $50m, while ministers and company chiefs have
    publicly vowed to give a month’s salary.
    Even supreme court judges have donated $360 each, while the
    British-based Sikh group Khalsa Aid International has set up its own
    relief camp in Kochi, Kerala’s main city, to provide meals for 3,000
    people a day.
    International Response
    In the wake of the disaster, the UAE, Qatar and the Maldives came
    forward with offers of financial aid amounting to nearly £82m. The
    United Arab Emirates promised $100m (£77m) of this aid. This is
    because of the close relationship between Kerala and the UAE. There
    are a large number of migrants from Kerala working in the UAE. The
    amount was more than the $97m so far promised by India’s central
    government. However, as it has done since 2004, India declined to
    accept donations of aid. The main reason for this is to protect its
    image as a newly industrialised country; that it does not need to rely
    on other countries for economic help.
    Google provided a donation platform to allow donors to make
    donations securely. Google partners with the Center for Disaster
    Philanthropy (CDP), an intermediary organization that specializes in
    distributing your donations to local nonprofits that work in the affected
    region, to ensure funds reach those who need it the most.

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