More than one million people have swarmed relief camps in India's Kerala state to escape devastating monsoon floods that have killed about 420 people, officials said Tuesday as a huge international aid offers poured in. Marooned buildings on the banks of overflowing Pampa river are pictured in the flood waters in Alappuzha District in the south Indian state of Kerala. People are flocking to camps as the scale of the desolation is revealed by receding waters and the military rescues more people each day. The state government said 1,028,000 people are now in about 3,200 relief camps across the southern state. Officials said at least eight more bodies were recovered Tuesday taking the death toll to some 420 since the monsoon started in June. Keralan authorities say they are desperate for funds and the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday promised $100 million in aid, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced after telephone talks with UAE leaders. The amount is more than the … [Read more...] about One million pack India flood relief camps