Updated On: 11 August, 2019 07:55 AM IST | Kerala | Agencies
Exactly one year after the south Indian state witnessed devastating floods, it records 42 deaths this season; IMD predicts more rains in the coming days

Volunteers, locals and NDRF team search for survivors in the debris left by a landslide in Wayanad. Pics/AFP
Thiruvananthapuram: The death toll in Kerala floods has reached 42 and more than one lakh people have been shifted to over 800 relief camps across the rain-battered state, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Saturday. The 42 deaths, of which 11 are from Wayanad, have been reported in the past three days.
Addressing the media after a review meeting on the floods, Vijayan said that 80 landslides, which have caused the maximum destruction, have been reported from eight worst affected districts, including Meppadi in Wayanad and Kavalapara in Malappuram districts.