Summary:
After a meeting of National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) early on Thursday, the central government decided to scale up rescue operations. It has decided to send 35 more NDRF teams comprising nearly 1,000 personnel. All nine flood monitoring stations of Central Water Commission in Kerala have notified ‘Extreme Flood Situation’. "The first 12 teams will reach Kerala by Thursday evening. Renowned tourist destination Munnar remained submerged for the third day, while Sabarimala was cut off with the Pamba river in spate..