UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres 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.

 The United Arab Emirates on Friday condoled the death of former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

According to the official WAM news agency, UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan sent a message of condolence to his Indian counterpart Ram Nath Kovind.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's aerial survey to witness the massive loss and destruction triggered by the torrential rains in Kerala was called off on Saturday due to bad weather, state government officials said.

Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy would visit the flood affected and rain-hit Kodagu district on Saturday and review the relief measures.

The Kasaragod District Bus Owners Association has come forward to donate their one day ticket collection amount and one day salary of their employees to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund to help the flood victims in Kerala state.

As a gesture at a time of critical situation, BBMP Mayor and the Commissioner have announced that the Palike would give one month salary of the corporators and one day salary of its officers and employees (approximately Rs 1.25 crore) to take up relief measures and provide assistance in rain hit districts like Kodagu, Dakshina Kannada and other places.

The district administration in association with Rotary Club Manipal Hills, MIT Rotaract Club and Prasanna School of Public Health Mahe Manipal is collecting the necessary things like food grains, medicines and others to send them to the rehabilitation centres in Kerala. After collection, the collected things would be sent to Kerala through Indian Coast Guard flights next week.

The state government has opened 20 gruel centres in Madikeri, Somawarpete and Virajpete taluks for the rain-affected people in the Kodagu district.