IMD records show in July 1924, Wayanad saw highest rainfall among all modern-day districts at 3193.6 mm. Due to lack of official data, there’s no log of total casualties or damages.
Day after mudslide, Centre issued 6th draft notification for declaring 56,800 kilometres of Western Ghats, including 13 villages in Wayanad, an ecologically sensitive area.
Jude Anthany Joseph's film '2018' on Kerala floods established Tovino Thomas as one of the leading actors in Kerala film industry who is unafraid to take chances. 'I make enough money to live comfortably.'
Until we find the answers to climate change that can ease flooding, a nation-wide implementation of state-of-the-art flood forecasting systems is the only way to go.
Devaswom Board & temple managing committee have asserted their authority to incur expenses for ‘secular activities & to promote cultural tenets & philosophy associated with temple’.
From not informing people in time to not replacing faulty detection equipment, a series of govt errors resulted in the large-scale devastation in Kerala.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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