From 09 August 2018, severe floods affected the south Indian state of Kerala, due to unusually high rainfall during the monsoon season. It was the worst flood in Kerala in nearly a century. Over 483 people died, and 14+ are missing. About a million people were evacuated, mainly from Chengannur, Pandanad, Edanad, Aranmula, Kozhencherry, Ayiroor, Ranni, Pandalam, Kuttanad, Malappuram, Aluva, Chalakudy, N.Paravur, Chendamangalam, Eloor and few places in Vypin Island and Palakkad. All 14 districts of the state were placed on red alert.
According to the Kerala government, one-sixth of the total population of Kerala had been directly affected by the floods and related incidents. The Indian government had declared it a Level 3 Calamity, or "Calamity of a Severe Nature". It is the worst flood in Kerala after the 'Great Flood of 99' that took place in 1924.
Kerala Floods 2018 - Some Before and After Clicks :
A supply truck transporting boats to flooded areas through a water logged road in Aluva, Kerala and people commuting along a road in the same area.
Rescue workers evacuating people from flooded areas of Aluva after the opening of Idamalayr, Cheruthoni and Mullaperiyar dam gates following heavy rains, on the outskirts of Kochi and A man riding his motorcycle past a flood affected building in the same area.
Indira and her husband Appukuttan Nair being airlifted by the Indian Navy soldiers during a rescue operation at a flooded area in Kerala and the couple posing inside their house in Chengannur, Kerala.
Men using an iron rod to break a shutter on a shop after it was damaged in the floods on the outskirts of Kochi, Kerala and a vendor arranges fruits at the same shop.
Rescue workers evacuating people from flooded areas after the opening of Idamalayr, Cheruthoni and Mullaperiyar dam gates in Kochi and people leaving a residential building in the same area.
A woman crying as she holds her son after they were evacuated from a flooded area in Aluva, Kerala and the mother Lakshmi and her son Sreehari posing inside their house in Aluva, Kerala.
Rescuers evacuating people from a flooded area to a safer place in Aluva, Kerala and a school bus passing through in the same area.
A woman cleaning the mud from the entrance of her house following floods in Paravur, Kerala and a man reading a newspaper as he sits outside the same house.
Partially submerged trucks surrounded by floodwaters at a parking bay in Kochi and people walking in front of parked trucks in the same area.
People standing on the steps of Aluva Shiva Temple complex submerged in water in Kochi and a woman standing on the steps of Aluva Shiva Temple Complex in Kochi.
Rescue personnel patrolling flooded waters on the banks of Periyar River near Kochi in Kerala and cows at the Aluva Shiva Temple Complex in the same area.
Some Single Clicks :
Fire and Rescue personnel evacuate local residents in an inflatable boat from a flooded area at Muppathadam near Eloor in Kochi's Ernakulam district, in Kerala.
A man rescues a drowning man from a flooded area after the opening of Idamalayar, Cheruthoni and Mullaperiyar dam shutters following heavy rains, on the outskirts of Kochi.
An elderly woman is rescued in a cooking utensil after her home was flooded in Thrissur, Kerala. Torrential monsoon rains have disrupted air and train services in the southern Indian state of Kerala, where flooding, landslides and bridge collapses have killed dozens of people in Kerala on August 2018.
A man carries an old woman on his hands while shifting to a safer place. Most of the places are submerged in water monsoon rainfall.
A person carries a grain sack as his house gets flooded after Kakkayam dam was opened following heavy monsoon rainfall, in Kozhikode.
People being rescued from a flood-affected region following heavy monsoon rainfall, in Kochi.
Food and relief material being unloaded from an Indian Air Force helicopter at Nelliyampathy village in Kerala, on 21 August 2018.
Food being served at a relief camp inside a school in Kochi.
Free medicines being distributed at a temporary relief camp inside a college in Aluva.
A doctor examining flood victims at a relief camp in Kochi.
A woman clears the mud from her house in Paravur.
Salvaged household goods are placed on the road to dry on the outskirts of Kochi.
Water gushes out of Idamalayar Dam. Shutters of the dam were opened when the storage level of the reservoir became dangerously high on 09 August 2018.
An aerial view of flooded Kuttanad, in Alappuzha District, in the state of Kerala, on August 19, 2018.
A click from Mala, Thrissur.
Indian Army personnel and Kerala state police work to build a temporary bridge over a rocky river following heavy flooding in Nelliyampathy in the Palakkad district of Kerala, on August 20, 2018.
Members of the Border Security Force distribute food and water to residents who are stuck in their houses because of the flooding in Allapy on August 21, 2018.
Kerala and Tamil Nadu Fire Force personnel carry children on their shoulders through floodwaters during a rescue operation in Annamanada Village on August 19, 2018.
Mrs. Sajita Jabil, 25 A pregnant woman stranded in roof top of her home at Aluva one of the worst flood hit area in Kerala were airlifted by Indian Navy Chethak team under the commandent of Vijay Varma and crew on 17 August 2018. Later she gave birth to a baby boy at Indian Naval Hospital Kochi.
DISCLAIMER: This entire photographs in this project are copyright protected by various news and media agencies. Commercial usage and distribution of these photographs are strictly restricted. In ZOOM these photographs are collected not for any commercial purpose and this is only a personal collection of some good photography projects.
Photography Credits and Courtesy :
Associated France Presso - AFP
The Reuters Pictures
NDTV India
CNN International
TIME - Light Box
The Atlantic - In Focus
Financial Express UK
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