'The death and devastation began in the hills of central Kerala, where the heaviest rain fell on Fri night and Sat, and spread north towards the coast, with four people killed in Malappuram and three in Kottayam, among them a child who drowned in a water tank.' www.independent.co.uk/asia/india/k...

At least 15 dead in India’s south after landslides and floodsRainfall in worst-hit belt of Kerala state reached a level rarely recorded anywhere in a single day, with 302mm falling in under 24 hourswww.independent.co.uk