As the heavy Kerala Rain continued, Chief Minister V D Satheesan said on Monday, August 3, 2026, that 15 lives have been lost so far in Kerala with seven people still unaccounted for, as the state stepped up rescue and relief efforts while the monsoon Kerala rain kept the state in the news and headlines today. The Chief Minister, after inspecting the relief situation with top officials, said at a press conference that there were 316 relief camps across the state, run by various government departments, with 11,018 people taking shelter in them as a result of the rainfall and flooding. The rain has slowed from the weekend, but moderate to heavy rain is still pounding many areas of the state.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has raised the Kerala Rain as Red Alert for heavy rains from yellow to orange on Monday, indicating that heavy rainfall may occur in the next few hours. According to the IMD, as of 1 pm, 12 districts were under the orange alert, where it predicts very heavy rainfall ranging from 115.6mm to 204.4mm to occur over the next 24 hours, with isolated heavy rainfall still forecasted in the remaining four districts. This is a step up from the morning, when only four districts – Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Thrissur and Palakkad – were not placed under orange alert.

The situation in Kerala has changed drastically since the weekend, and the number of fatalities has risen from 11 to 15 in a few hours as the rescue operation was carried out in the areas which were earlier cut off. The continuous Kerala rain, which started since Sunday night, continued throughout Monday morning in Kochi, causing disturbances in normal activities and urging the authorities to intensify the evacuation process in different districts. A total of 1,300 persons from 377 families are housed in relief camps in various taluks, with the highest occupancy in Chengannur taluk with 759 persons in 17 camps.

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Kerala rains have been disproportionately affecting human lives. The flooding in Kannur has resulted in 1 death, left two people missing and displaced 521 residents, with five landslips reported. A two-storey house being built in Malappuram collapsed at Iringattiri, near Karuvarakundu, on Monday morning, with no one injured in the incident as the concrete structure, which was half built, gave way during the heavy rain. Another landslip was reported at Panakkad, Malappuram, which blocked a highway and alerted authorities to more landslips in the area.

This is not a phenomenon that is confined to coastal districts either. The rough Kerala rains and monsoon conditions have washed away the sea erosion-prone coastal road in Kasaragod, leaving about 200 families cut off from the road. The sea has encroached almost 100 metres inland at Kavungoli, and there are similar instances of erosion at Nellikunnu, Cherangai, Uduma, Pallikkara and Musodi in Uppala, with one house in Musodi threatened to be completely submerged. Some geobags were deployed to safeguard the coastal areas that were vulnerable, and they have been compromised or washed out; families that were living in the high-risk areas have already been moved to safer areas.

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Heavy rainfall in Idukki has led to the rise of dam water levels, and a closure of tourism centres and travel restrictions are in place, due to fears of mudslides. On Sunday evening, a retaining wall at a nearby resort to the Panchalimedu tourism centre near Peermade collapsed, damaging two cars parked nearby. The water levels by the major rivers in Ernakulam due to the Kerala rains have breached the warning level, alerting the people living near the Muvattupuzha, Thodupuzha and Kaliyar rivers. In Kozhikode, about 200 families in Parambil Bazar area have been relocated to safety as the Poonoor river has swollen into a spate and submerged the locality, and the district’s Kakkayam reservoir was reported to be at the brink of overflowing, which led to the release of water through the spillway gates.

Along with the persistent rains in Kerala, the water level has also been affecting the infrastructure of the state. The repair work of damaged electric poles and transformers was proceeding at breakneck speed in districts affected by the monsoons, with 92 percent of power connections that were affected by monsoon damage restored, said Kerala Electricity Minister Sunny Joseph. As far as health is concerned, the Kerala Health Minister K Muraleedharan said that relief camps were not facing any shortage of medicines and that such food was supplied in adequate quantities wherever it was needed; but that the Opposition was trying to politicise the response to the disaster.

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The impact of the Kerala rains 2026 crisis on the economy is also becoming evident – in particular, the timing of the rains has been very bad for the state’s trading community, leading up to the Onam festival season. P Niazar of Kerala Merchants’ Chamber of Commerce said that hundreds of companies had reported loss of crores of rupees; traders who had bought goods in bulk on credit expecting Onam demand were hit the hardest. He said that many small businesses were now at risk of a financial crisis, as none had insurance protection for stock and equipment, and that some businesses would be in danger of failure if the Government did not take effective steps to help.

Chief Minister Satheesan has led several emergency committee meetings during the day to coordinate the state’s response, and in a separate statement, he has announced emergency measures in Pathanamthitta to address the worsening flood situation in the area. The relief and rescue efforts have been ongoing in the affected districts in Kerala, while the coming days will be crucial as the death toll keeps mounting due to the Kerala rain, the officials said in the state, where the IMD has issued an orange alert for most parts of the state, and rivers and reservoirs are swollen.