THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Heavy rain will continue across Keralam today, although the intensity is expected to be lower than yesterday.
Orange alert, indicating the possibility of isolated very heavy rainfall, has been issued for Kasargod, Kannur, Wayanad, Kozhikkode, Idukki, Ernakulam, Kottayam, Alappuzha, and Pathanamthitta districts.
Yellow alert, indicating the possibility of isolated heavy rainfall, remains in force for the remaining five districts. Rain warnings have also been issued for all districts tomorrow.
Many parts of the southern districts of the state had already received up to 15 millimetres of rainfall by this morning.
Meanwhile, The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday upgraded the orange alert issued for the day to red alert, warning of extreme heavy rainfall, for eight districts during the next 24 hours.
As per the revised rain alert, Pathanamthitta, Idukki, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kannur and Kasaragod districts are on red alert where rainfall over 204 mm is likely during the next 24 hours, while orange alert warning of intense rainfall has been retained for Malappuram, Palakkad, Thrissur and Alappuzha for the day.
A yellow alert has been issued for Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam, where isolated heavy is expected. It is worth mentioning here that since August 1, six of 14 districts have received at least 3 times more rainfall than normal
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