#WATCH: Prime Minister Narendra Modi conducts an aerial survey of flood affected areas. PM has announced an ex-grat… https://t.co/3ccClfnQ9V — ANI (@ANI) 1534570122000

The Prime Minister is reviewing the flood situation in Kerala at a high-level meeting. @CMOKerala https://t.co/3VNq0ehSry — PMO India (@PMOIndia) 1534565148000

(With inputs from agencies)

* Prime Minister Modi conducted an aerial survey of flood affected areas and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh per person to the next kin of the deceased and Rs.50,000 to those seriously injured, from PM’s National Relief Funds (PMNRF). PM Modi was accompanied by governor P Sathasivam, CM Vijayan and Union minister Alphons Kannanthanam.* The PM chaired a meeting in Kochi with CM Pinarayi Vijayan, Union minister KJ Alphons and other officials. Following the meeting, the Prime Minister announced a package of Rs 500 crore as immediate assistance for the flood-affected state. The state had submitted an estimate of Rs 19,512 cr for relief activities and requested Rs 2,000 cr as immediate assistance.* Congress president Rahul Gandhi requested PM Modi to declare Kerala floods national calamity. "Dear PM, Please declare #Kerala floods a National Disaster without any delay. The lives, livelihood and future of millions of our people is at stake," he tweeted.* "1000s and 1000s are marooned and facing a very severe, critical situation and more emergency evacuation operation is needed. What is being done is appreciable but we need more help from the Centre and other states. Kerala is in distress," said PC Chacko of Congress.* As many as 93,219 people are staying in the 14362 relief camps in Thrissur district.* Panic grips residents of Alappuzha town as water levels continue to rise. Over 10,000 people have been staying on the top of the houses without food and medicine in the town.* Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday announced immediate financial help of Rs 25 crore for flood-hit Kerala. Rao also instructed the officials concerned that in view of water getting polluted due to floods water purification RO machines should be dispatched to Kerala. The chief minister also urged the people of his state to help in the rescue operations.* Andhra Pradesh chief minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu, Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh, Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal have also given Rs 10 crore each for the relief works in Kerala. While, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik announced an aid of Rs 5 crores* To avoid any inconvenience in travelling, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has asked scheduled domestic airlines to mount additional flights to Kerala after the closure of the Cochin airport."Out of 71 arrivals and 74 departures of scheduled domestic airlines to or from Cochin, 23 arrival and 24 departures have been rescheduled and additional 19 arrival and departures have been mounted to or from Trivandrum, Calicut and Coimbatore airports. Nine foreign carriers operating to Cochin have also rescheduled their flights to or from Trivandrum," read a statement from Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA).* Around 24,000 people have been shifted to relief camps in the district. The district administration has opened 267 relief camps in four taluks.According to official figures 6,950 families were moved to relief camps due to flooding and landslides. Another five thousand persons have shifted to their relatives’ houses.* United Arab Emirates(UAE) to form a committee to help flood-hit areas of Kerala. Sheikh Khalifa has instructed the formation of a national emergency committee to provide assistance to the people affected. "The people of Kerala have always been and are still part of our success story in the UAE. We have a special responsibility to help and support those affected, especially during this holy and blessed days," said vice president of UAE Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.* Expressing concern, UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres said he is saddened by the loss of lives and the destruction due to the Kerala floods and the world organisation is following the situation very closely," according to his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric.