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CASE STUDY
Kerala Floods
August 2018
Severe floods affected the south Indian state Kerala in 2018, due to unusually high rainfall during the monsoon season. It was the worst flood in Kerala in nearly a century. Indian government had declared it a Level 3 Calamity, or “calamity of a severe nature”.
People wait for aid next to a makeshift raft at a flooded area in Kerala, August 19, 2018. Source: Sivaram V, REUTERS
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