The floods battering Kottayam and Pathanamthitta districts claimed three more lives on Wednesday.
The deceased were identified as 75-year-old Dasan, 18-year-old Amal and 16-year-old Kasinathan. According to officials Dasan, a native of Thalayazham, near Vaikom, drowned while venturing into a river.
Amal, a Plus Two student, was swept away by floodwaters while venturing into an inundated rubber plantation near Manarcaud. Kasinathan had banged his head against a rock while diving into a temple pond near Thiruvalla.