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With the recovery of six more bodies at Paravoor in Ernakulam district on Sunday night, the death toll since August 8 rose to 223. Distraught, he hung himself from the ceiling of their house. Kerala Water Authority and Kerala State Electricity Board are trying to restore water and power supply in many areas that have been without power and tap water for the past several days.In a tragic incident, a 19-year-old boy committed suicide in Kozhikode district after his class 12 certificate got destroyed in the deluge. KOCHI: As floodwaters drained and rains let off across the state on Monday, lakhs of people confined to relief camps or rendered homeless struggled to bring back a semblance of normalcy to their lives. Those returning to what was left of their homes faced an uphill task of first cleaning the surroundings even as the state government sent out an SOS for more supplies of disinfectants and bleaching powder..