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Abstract : Floods in the past years have immensely affected the life of the common man in India. A case study conducted about the dominant explanation for Kerala flood and landslide catastrophe in the year 2018, where Ernakulam district of Southern Kerala, India was distinctly drawn into concern. In 2018, Kerala went through the largest flood since 1924. It relies upon extensive review of data collected by survey and statistics provided. The study seeks to find out the hurdles faced by the people during this hazard, the reverberation of the hazard in day-to-day life and the reasons emanated like unfitting drainage systems, modern trends in house construction with strong compound walls and tiled courtyards, considerably low ground water level, lack of alarming system, etc., which will lead to the flood. To find a permanent solution for this, we collected data through various ways including, conducted a survey by visiting a flood prone village in Ernakulam district (Kaduval), Consulted Dr Dineshan retired senior scientist (KSCSTE), experiments, etc. Finally, the study propounds natural methods like water trench method, a method through which we can increase water penetration to soil so that to increase ground water level, tiling reduction which will reduce water stagnation as well as production of harmful gases into the atmosphere. Technical methods proposed include development of an android application in the future, this app will collect information on disaster prone areas and their chances of occurrence which will minimize the disaster effects and death toll if developed.