2018 Kerala floods
The Kerala flood was a natural disaster that happened in Kerala, India in August 2018. This was because of high rainfall during the monsoon season. The floods were worst in August. It was the worst flood in Kerala in nearly a century. Over 483 people died, and 15 became missing.[1]
2018 Kerala Floods Media
IMD daily rainfall anomalies (in millimetres) of 2018 over North, Central and South Kerala, measured with respect to the 7 year mean precipitation.
5-8days, 12-20days and 20-60days bandpass-filtered IMD rainfall anomalies of 2018 averaged over the state of Kerala.
5-8 days bandpass-filtered ERA5 Meridional velocities of August 2018 meridionally averaged over the state of Kerala at the pressure level 700hPa.
5-8days bandpass-filtered Specific humidity vertically integrated from surface (1000 hPa) to 600 hPa overlaid with 5-8days bandpass-filtered ERA5 winds at 700 hPa from 14th to 17th August 2018.
The flooded Mullassery Canal, Angamaly
Southern Naval Command initiates Operation Madad in Kerala on 16 August 2018
Padivattom disaster relief camp on 17 August 2018
Odisha fire personnel leaving from Bhubaneswar for rescue operations in Kerala
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi being received by the Governor of Kerala P. Sathasivam and the Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan, on his arrival, in Kochi, to survey the flood-affected areas, on 18 August 2018.
1 June 2018 – 22 August 2018
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References
- ↑ Why the Kerala floods proved so deadly. BBC. August 21, 2018. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-45243868. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
