Devastating Monsoon Floods in Kerala, India

In the southern part of India, over 1 million people have evacuated in the past two weeks, more than 400 people have died, and the worst monsoon floods in the 1st century have suffered. Donor agencies and government organizations have set up more than 4000 rescue camps and rescuers enter the flood village and brought supplies and helicopters and boats to evacuate the people they can find I am using it. Due due to heavy rain for several weeks, the dam opened the gate, causing landslides, flooding occurred in coastal areas of Kerala. In the last few days the flood began to retreat and the rescuer and rescuer could break into more people.

After listening to the monsoon floods in Kerala, India, the mission support team at GFA headquarters in Wilspoint, Texas started activities to spread timely recognition of needs. We are doing long-term work on their weekends to raise awareness about the disasters many people face today. "Behind the scenes missionary Sean said," With some colleagues. " Machine, repair damaged machine, answer to questions "

Indian weather management officials said that Kerala province is one of the most monsoon rainfall states, continuing low pressure on the western coast of India this year caused flooding in the state. However, various studies have shown that climate change and deforestation are the main causes of rainfall increase. "We are waiting for this to happen, land can not be used, soils and rocks cause flooding Landslides and flash floods happen in areas where humans enter a wide range.I think that everyone can learn from it No one can stop rain or control the flood, but we can take measures to reduce the intensity of this impact, "he said

During the majority of the summer, strong monsoon rain and hurricane attack the Indian subcontinent causing extensive damage in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar. As a result of floods and landslides, about 1,000 people die and 41 million people are considered to be affected. These numbers increase as the rain moves now to the northwest of Pakistan. Millions of people are left homeless and there are reports of significant increases in waterborne infections. The rainy season is equally generous in Africa. In Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Niger, Democratic Republic of Congo, hundreds of deaths have been caused by heavy rain and landslides, hundreds of thousands of people are evacuated. This means that the two-year drought destroys eastern and southern Africa and that 38 million people are in danger of food insecurity.