Kerala rains: Heavy rains proceed to lash state, ‘Orange Alert’ in 5 districts
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By PTI
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With heavy rains lashing Kerala underneath the affect of a melancholy, the India Meteorological Department sounded an “Orange alert” warning in 5 districts on Saturday.
While Thiruvananthapuram, Pathanamthitta, Kollam, Alappuzha and Ernakulam districts had been positioned underneath “orange alert” predicting very heavy rainfall, “yellow alert” was issued in the remainder of 9 districts, IMD sources mentioned.
Orange Alert signifies very heavy rains from 6 cm to twenty cm and Yellow Alert predicts heavy rainfall between 6 cm and 11 cm.
There had been stories of timber being uprooted, waterlogging and compound partitions collapsing in lots of locations, however no main casualties have been reported from anyplace within the state up to now within the rains persevering with for the final two days.
An uprooted tree broken a automobile and a home at Chithara in southern Kollam district whereas intense rains and gusty winds broken two homes in Chengannur.
Severe waterlogging was reported in lots of locations in Ernakulam district the place some homes had been additionally reportedly broken.
Heavy downpour submerged a whole bunch of acres of paddy fields at Edathua, a tiny hamlet within the Kuttanad area in Alappuzha district.
In northern Kozhikode, the district authorities banned any sort of entry into water our bodies, seashores and waterfalls as a precautionary measure.
The shutters of Aruvikkara and Neyyar Dams close to state capital had been raised in view of rising water ranges, the district authorities right here mentioned.
As the rain is anticipated to accentuate within the coming hours, the state Disaster Management Authority urged folks dwelling within the high-range areas to keep up additional vigil and directed fishermen to not enterprise into the ocean.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With heavy rains lashing Kerala underneath the affect of a melancholy, the India Meteorological Department sounded an “Orange alert” warning in 5 districts on Saturday.
While Thiruvananthapuram, Pathanamthitta, Kollam, Alappuzha and Ernakulam districts had been positioned underneath “orange alert” predicting very heavy rainfall, “yellow alert” was issued in the remainder of 9 districts, IMD sources mentioned.
Orange Alert signifies very heavy rains from 6 cm to twenty cm and Yellow Alert predicts heavy rainfall between 6 cm and 11 cm.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
There had been stories of timber being uprooted, waterlogging and compound partitions collapsing in lots of locations, however no main casualties have been reported from anyplace within the state up to now within the rains persevering with for the final two days.
An uprooted tree broken a automobile and a home at Chithara in southern Kollam district whereas intense rains and gusty winds broken two homes in Chengannur.
Severe waterlogging was reported in lots of locations in Ernakulam district the place some homes had been additionally reportedly broken.
Heavy downpour submerged a whole bunch of acres of paddy fields at Edathua, a tiny hamlet within the Kuttanad area in Alappuzha district.
In northern Kozhikode, the district authorities banned any sort of entry into water our bodies, seashores and waterfalls as a precautionary measure.
The shutters of Aruvikkara and Neyyar Dams close to state capital had been raised in view of rising water ranges, the district authorities right here mentioned.
As the rain is anticipated to accentuate within the coming hours, the state Disaster Management Authority urged folks dwelling within the high-range areas to keep up additional vigil and directed fishermen to not enterprise into the ocean.
