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Indian State of Kerala Sees Worst Flooding in Nearly a Century

The August 2018 flood is the worst witnessed in the region in nearly a century.
According to the local government, one-sixth of the total population of Kerala was affected by these floods.
Access to clean drinking water is limited because the water treatment plants were forced to cease pumping.
The floods affected hundreds of villages, destroyed an estimated 10,000 km of roads, and thousands of homes were either damaged or destroyed.
80% of the state of Kerala is without power.
All the sections in the Southwest India Union have sent local church members from different regions to join relief efforts and participate in raising funds and distributing relief material to help people begin to rebuild their lives.
The Church in the North Kerala Section distributed clothes to flood victims.
Members from Thambaram church, Tamil Nadu, sent a truck full of supplies to Idukki Section to be distributed to people affected in this area.
Iddukki Section is providing all the assistance possible to affected church members.
The Tamil church in Hosur sent a truck load of relief packets including clothes, food grains and other supplies to be distributed to church members and other members of the community.

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