Flashflood alert issued for five districts in Himachal

IMD Rain Alert: In a significant update for the residents of Kerala, the Indian Meteorological Department has ) issued an orange alert in four districts of the state on Saturday. The IMD has predicted heavy downpour and strong winds are predicted across the state in the next five days. As of the present circumstances, the state was lashed by isolated rains and as a result, water levels rose in various rivers, including Manimala and Pamba.

According to the latest update of the IMD, an orange alert, predicting very heavy rainfall, has been sounded in Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Idukki and Ernakulam districts today. Kottayam, Idukki and Kozhikode and Pathanamthitta and Ernakulam districts were placed under orange alert on Sunday and Monday respectively, it said. An orange alert refers to very heavy rain of 11 cm to 20 cm.

Meanwhile, thunderstorms with light to moderate rainfall and gusty winds speed reaching 40 Kmph is likely at one or two places in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Idukki, Ernakulam and Thrissur districts in the coming hours of the day, the weather agency added.