(CNN) Monsoon rains and heavy flooding have killed hundreds of people and forced more than 300,000 others to seek shelter in Kerala.

Torrential rains in Kerala triggered the state's worst flooding in nearly a century, destroying thousands of homes and roads.

But there is the promise of relief in sight.

The deadly rains and high waters deluging the southern Indian state of Kerala are receding, the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs said Saturday.

"There is some respite from the rainfall and water levels in the dam reservoirs are stabilized," the ministry said in a statement. "Rainfall is expected to recede further barring in one or two districts."

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