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Floods kill 14, thousands displaced in southern India

Thousands of people have had to flee their flooded homes in southern India. (AP PHOTO)

Heavy rains and floods have battered parts of southern India, killing at least 11 and displacing thousands ‌in the state of Kerala, and setting off a ‌landslide that killed at least three in neighbouring Karnataka.

The death toll in rain-related incidents rose to 11 by Sunday ‌and nearly ‌7,700 ⁠people were evacuated to around ​275 relief camps across Kerala, a state government minister said.

Kerala's Chief Minister V D Satheesan said on Monday he would be meeting district officials to ⁠review relief camp arrangements. ‌On ​Sunday, he said clean-up operations had begun in flood-affected ​areas.

A submerged car on a flooded road after heavy monsoon rain
Monsoon rains have caused widespread flooding. (AP PHOTO)

The ‌state is likely to see strong winds and ​moderate rainfall in some areas on Monday, the state's disaster management authority said.

Heavy rains ​also ​forced closures of ​many schools across the state, ‌while the government postponed a state-level teacher recruitment exam.

In the northern neighbouring state of Karnataka, heavy rains triggered a landslide that killed a couple ​and their son on Saturday, newspaper the Hindu ​reported.

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