The meteorological department on Saturday issued a Red alert on July 11 for Kannur and Kasaragod districts in Kerala predicting extraordinarily heavy rainfall.
The meteorological department on Saturday issued a Red alert on July 11 for Kannur and Kasaragod districts in Kerala predicting extraordinarily heavy rainfall. The India meteorological department (IMD) has additionally issued an orange alert on Sunday for Wayanad, Kozhikode, and Malappuram districts and a Yellow alert for Palakkad, Thrissur, Idukki, and Ernakulam districts.
Meanwhile, an Orange alert for Saturday was issued for the districts of Kottayam, Idukki, Malappuram, Kozhikode and Kannur and a Yellow alert has been sounded for the districts of Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta.
According to the IMD web site, Kottayam acquired 15 cms of rain until 10 AM on Saturday whereas Thiruvananthapuram district acquired 1.7 cm of rainfall and Ernakulam acquired 10.7 cms.
“Strong wind with speed reaching 40-50 Kmph gusting to 60 Kmph likely along and off Kerala coast. Fishermen are advised not to venture into these sea areas during the period mentioned,” stated a climate warning issued for fishermen for Kerala coast for the following 4 days starting from July 10 to 13.
A Red alert signifies heavy to extraordinarily heavy rains of over 20 cm in 24 hours, whereas Orange alert means very heavy rains from 6 cm to twenty cm of rains. A yellow alert means heavy rainfall between 6 to 11 cm.
