Receding waters reveal scale of devastation as monsoon floods leave more than 410 dead

More than 1 million people have packed into relief camps to escape the devastating monsoon floods in India’s south-western state of Kerala, where more than 410 people have died.

About 50,000 homes have been destroyed, according to one official in Kerala, and people are flocking to the camps as the scale of the desolation is revealed by receding waters.

Thousands of army, navy and air force personnel have been deployed across the state to help people stranded in remote and hilly areas.

1,028,000 people have been recorded in about 3,200 relief camps across the state, a state government spokesman told AFP.

Six more bodies were found on Monday, he added, taking the death toll to more than 410 since the monsoon started in June.

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