Fourteen dead, thousands displaced as rains, floods strike southern India

Kannur: Floodwaters inundate a residential area following heavy rainfall, in Kannur, Kerala, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026 | Photo Credit: -

Heavy rains and floods battered parts ​of southern India over the ‌weekend, killing at least 11 and ​displacing thousands in the ⁠state of Kerala, and setting off a landslide that killed at least ‌three in neighbouring Karnataka, authorities and news reports said.

* ‌The death toll in ‌rain-related ⁠incidents rose to 11 ⁠by Sunday and nearly 7,700 people were evacuated to around 275 relief camps across ​Kerala, a ‌state government minister said.

* Kerala’s Chief Minister V D Satheesan said on Monday he would ‌be meeting district officials ​to review relief camp arrangements. On Sunday, he said clean-up ⁠operations had begun in flood-affected areas.

* The state is likely ‌to see strong winds and moderate rainfall in some areas on Monday, the state’s disaster management authority said.

* Heavy rains also forced closures of many ‌schools across the state, while the government ​postponed a state-level teacher recruitment exam.

* In the northern ⁠neighbouring state of Karnataka, heavy rains ⁠triggered a landslide that killed a couple and their ‌son on Saturday, newspaper the Hindu reported.

Published on August 3, 2026