Kerala Floods LIVE Updates: Heavy Rain in Parts of Chengannur Dents Rescue Efforts, State Braces ...
(WorldNews India)

A 10-day-old infant and a woman in advanced stage of pregnancy was among 127 people rescued by the Coast Guard from a flooded neighbourhood in East Kadangaloor as part of rescue and relief operations that are underway on a war footing in flood-hit Kerala. The India Meteorological Department has forecast widespread rains, with heavy downpour at isolated places, and said low pressure area is very likely to develop over northwest Bay of Bengal and the neighbourhood during the next 24 hours. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has rejected a demand from the Congress-led opposition and Kerala BJP to hand over the rescue operations to the Army, saying local authorities are well-versed with the...