Experts attribute the flooding to unseasonal rains and to the lowland sinking even further — the first a direct consequence of deforestation of the Western Ghats, and the latter, a result of rising sea levels. The sea-level rise is still fractional but in Kuttanad it might prove catastrophic.source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/kerala-losing-paddy-paradise-to-floods-and-a-silent-farmer-flight/articleshow/87746865.cms
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