Seeing the world is on top of everyone’s bucket list and the tribe of wanderlust is on the rise. read more

Heavy rain and landslides had wreaked havoc in many parts of the state, especially north Kerala for the past one week leaving a trail of death and destruction. read more

In her complaint, the woman said her husband had divorced her without any valid ground and she was forced to take legal recourse under the new law. read more

Party leaders said the fresh consignment had 50,000 kgs of rice and other essentials like sugar, salt and different varieties of pulses. Besides food, the consignment also carried bed sheets, blankets and mats for the flood-hit people. read more

The death toll in flood-battered Kerala climbed to 106 on Thursday as the rains began to let up and rescue teams stepped up the search for 36 people who went missing after landslides in Wayanad and Malappuram districts. read more

Rescue operations were disrupted on several occasions after heavy rains threatened further landslides, Kerala’s disaster management authority said. Over 88 landslides have already occurred in the state in the past week. read more

Following last year’s floods, RBI gave a moratorium on the repayment of farm loans -- Kerala has around 7.5 million farm loans worth Rs 80,803 crore -- till July 31. The state was trying to have this extended even before heavy floods of the past week... read more

Soil piping and lateral spread-- soils movement downhill-- visible in Kerala are recipes for major disasters say geoogists. Soil piping is indicative of serious destabilising inside earth in extreme conditions. read more

Floods in southern Indian states of Kerala and Karnataka, and western states of Maharashtra and Gujarat have so far claimed 225 lives and lakhs of people had to be moved to safety. Kerala alone accounted for 91 of these deaths. read more

In the two weeks ending 22 August, 2018, Kerala received 652.4 mm of rain, the highest in two weeks since 1 January 1989. It was this burst of rain, rather than a large increase in annual rainfall, which resulted in large-scale flooding in the state. read more

At least 51 people are still feared trapped under debris in two major landslides that occurred last week in Wayanad and Malappuram. In Kavalappara, one of the worst-hit spots in Malappuram, slush and debris travelled more than three kilometres taking... read more

Rainfall patterns vary. That is why they are measured in terms of long-period averages rather than one year values. However, events such as the 2018 floods in Kerala have drawn attention to the trend of increasing skewness in rainfall patterns. read more

On Monday, Malik also offered to send Gandhi a plane (to travel to Kashmir). “You are a responsible person and you should not speak like this,” Malik said, referencing Gandhi’s comments on reports of violence in the Kashmir valley. read more

Don’t blame it for the current floods. Find out ways to control damage read more

The alert was issued for Idukki, Ernakulam and Alappuzha districts as CM visited Wayanad and Malappuram (in north Kerala), that have borne the brunt of monsoon rains, and assured people that his government will do everything to alleviate their suffe... read more