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Monsoon Floods Have Killed More Than 320 People In Kerala, India

The heavy rainfall has resulted in deadly landslides and flash floods, leaving hundreds of thousands of people homeless.

The official death toll from flooding in the Indian state of Kerala spiked to at least 324 people on Friday — and the office of Kerala's chief minister, Pinarayi Vijayan, said, "the rains continue to remain strong."

More than 223,000 people are now

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