As rains continue to wreak havoc across the state, the death toll in Kerala rose to 42. Rain-related calamities have rendered hundreds homeless and around 17,974 people have been sheltered in relief camps. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan while addressing the media here informed that the state is witnessing such a situation for the first time.

For the first time in the history of Kerala, the state has opened 35 of its 39 dams. According to media reports, it is the worst floods the state had experienced since 1924.