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Udupi, Idukki record highest rainfall in 2018, serve future warning

Idukki, the epicentre of the flooding, recorded the highest rainfall in Kerala and second-highest rainfall (3,521 mm) of any Indian district over these 81 days

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Rescue officials assist villagers out of a flooded area following heavy monsoon rainfall, near Kochi | Photo: PTI

Chaitanya Mallapur | IndiaSpend Mumbai

Kerala now faces the ravages of the worst monsoon floods in 94 years, with 373 dead and more than 1.2 million in relief camps after 2,378 millimetre (mm) of rain over 81 days between June 1 and August 20, 2018–42% above normal or three times more than the Indian average for that period–according to data from the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

Kerala is facing its worst flood in 100 years. 80 dams opened, 324 lives lost and 223139 people are in about