Climate change happening across the world will accelerate the next occurrence of floods in Kerala, and hence rebuilding efforts should have fundamental changes in land use and infrastructure ...

We drew from our experience of studying urban flooding in India – Chennai in ... The state government of Kerala set up door-to-door garbage collection that reduced refuse clogging storm water ...

has cited unplanned and rapid construction and encroachment of waterbodies as a major reason for urban flooding in Kozhikode. The study, conducted as part of the Water 4 Change (W4C) project ...

On December 18, the Kerala Urban Policy Commission (KUPC ... leading to unseasonal rainfall and associated flooding, landslides, and stormwater surges. At the same time, urbanisation also ...

The economic distress from the recent floods in Kerala is mounting. Total losses have been pegged at ₹210 billion. A recent report by India Ratings predicts that two-Kerala based banks ...

Kerala witnesses the worst floods in 100 years. The death toll from the worst flooding has jumped to 357 with losses to infrastructure pegged at almost US $3bn.

The government is unlikely to accept any foreign financial assistance for flood-relief operations in Kerala, official sources said. They said government has taken a considered decision to rely ...