Kerala to experience heavy rains: 4 districts on orange alert, 7 on yellow alert
Thiruvananthapuram: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday issued alerts for widespread rainfall in Kerala for the next five days. The weather agency predicts heavy to very heavy rainfall in isolated areas across the state.
According to the IMD, the cyclonic circulation over southeast Uttar Pradesh and its neighbourhood persists and is now located at 7.6 km above mean sea level. A trough extends from south interior Karnataka to the Comorin area at 0.9 km above mean sea level. An offshore trough at mean sea level runs along the Maharashtra-Karnataka coasts.
As a result, rain or thundershowers are most likely to occur at most places in Kerala from August 12 to August 14 and at many places on August 10, 11, 15, and 16.
Orange Alert (Very heavy rainfall: 115.6 mm to 204.4 mm in 24 hours)
- 11 August (Sunday): Palakkad, Malappuram
- 12 August (Monday): Pathanamthitta, Idukki
- 13 August (Tuesday): Pathanamthitta, Idukki, Palakkad, Malappuram
Yellow Alert (Heavy rainfall: 64.5 mm to 115.5 mm in 24 hours)
- 10 August (Saturday): Palakkad, Malappuram
- 11 August (Sunday): Idukki, Kozhikode, Wayanad
- 12 August (Monday): Kottayam, Ernakulam, Palakkad, Malappuram, Wayanad
- 13 August (Tuesday): Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Kozhikode, Wayanad
- 14 August (Wednesday): Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Idukki, Ernakulam