Centre declares Kerala floods "severe calamity"

Navy personnel along with volunteers rescue people who were trapped in the flood-hit areas in Thrissur district on Monday. PTI Photo

An Indian Coast Guard chopper during the rescue and relief operations in the flood-affected areas of Ernakulam and Kottayam districts of Kerala. PTI

The passenger plane of Alliance Air that landed at INS Garuda naval base in flood-hit Kochi, Kerala. PTI Photo

Rescue teams evacuate people from flood affected areas, to relief camps at Kottayam district in Kerala. PTI

People in a flood-hit locality in Thrissur district on Monday. PTI Photo

A flood-affected woman receives food inside a college auditorium, which has been converted into a temporary relief camp, in Kochi, Kerala. REUTERS Photo

Flood-affected people receive free medicines inside a college, which has been converted into a temporary relief camp, in Aluva, Kerala. Reuters