15/08/2018
The Kochi airport in Kerala suspended all flight operations till Saturday afternoon after an increase in the water level near the airport because of continuous rain and the opening of the gates of the dams in the Idukki water reservoir system. Flights are being diverted to other airports. Kerala, battered by heavy rain, flooding and landslides, is seeing its worst monsoon in almost a century in terms of its sheer devastating impact, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had said. Forty two people have died in the state since August 8. The Met department has warned of heavy rain with gusty winds in all the 14 districts of Kerala.
