Published: August 20, 2018
Maintaining sanitation and preventing disease now the priority after death toll rises above 200 in past fortnight
Flood waters have receded in the southern India state of Kerala, allowing authorities to retrieve the bodies of victims and residents to start assessing the damage to their homes after the worst monsoon rains in a century.
Rains that have battered the south Indian state for the past 12 days are relenting and authorities say 90% of rescue operations are now complete, though thousands of people are still feared to be trapped in the worst-hit areas.
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