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Beginning in July 2018, severefloodsaffected thesouth Indianstate ofKerala, due to unusually high rainfall during themonsoon season.It was the worst flooding in Kerala in nearly a century.Over 483 people died, 14 are missing.At least a million people were evacuated, mainly fromChengannur,Pandanad,Edanad,Aranmula,Kozhencherry,Ayiroor,Ranni,Pandalam,Kuttanad,Aluva, andChalakudy. All 14districtsof 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.TheIndian governmenthad declared it a Level 3 Calamity, or "calamity of a severe nature".It is the worst flood in Kerala after thegreat flood of 99that happened in 1924.

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