Highlights
- A yellow alert has been issued in Kerala.
- Heavy downpour and thunderstorms will continue over the next 5 days.
- Teams of the National Disaster Response Force have been deployed in various districts.
Kerala rains: With Kerala experiencing heavy rainfall in the monsoon season, a yellow alert has been issued in the state, the Chief Minister's office informed on Thursday, adding that heavy downpour and thunderstorms will continue over the next 5 days.
The yellow alert has been declared today and tomorrow in all districts except Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam. Since there is a possibility of heavy rain in the hilly areas, there is a need to be more cautious in the areas that have received heavy rains in the past few days, the Central Meteorological Department said.
In North Kerala, the water level of Kadalundi (Malapuram), Bharathapuzha (Palakkad), Shiria (Kasargod), Karavannoor (Thrissur) and Gayatri (Thrissur) rivers has increased. Along with this, the water level in the rivers of Vamanapuram (Thiruvananthapuram), Neyyar (Thiruvananthapuram), Karamana (Thiruvananthapuram), Kallada (Kollam), Manimala (Idukki), Meenachil (Kottayam) and Kothamangalam (Eranakulam) in South Kerala is also rising.
According to the report, among the dams under the Kerala State Electricity Board, there is a red alert in the vicinity of Lower Periyar and Kallarkutty dams in the Idukki district and an orange alert in the vicinity of Peringalkuth dam in Thrissur district. A blue alert has been announced at Kozhikode's Kuttiadi Dam. At present, no warnings have been announced on the dams under the Irrigation Department.
Teams of the National Disaster Response Force have been deployed in various districts based on the warning of heavy rains. Each team has been prepared in Wayanad, Kozhikode, and Idukki districts. Both cohorts of the Civil Defense Academy have been set up, said a press release from the chief minister's office.
(With ANI Inputs)
