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Abstract : Throughout the world, remote sensing, GIS, and satellite imagery are increasingly being used to assess disasters, post-disaster scenario, find the level of damage and provide exact information about people. In the case of Kerala floods too these technologies played a crucial role in disaster management. While this calamity again raises some hard questions about the state of disaster preparedness, mitigating risk and marshaling all the wings of the state machinery to prevent the loss of life and property in a timely and proactive manner, what’s noticeable is the active deployment of technology that saved many lives and yet again demonstrated the utility of GIS and geospatial technologies in disaster management. Let’s have a deeper look at the modern technologies and the role played by them in Kerala floods