Extremely heavy rains have been forecast in Kerala’s Idukki, Malappuram, Kannur and Kasaragod districts on Sunday, prompting the IMD to sound a ‘red alert’ and authorities to take precautionary steps to shift people staying in disaster prone areas to safer places.
According to the India Meteorological Department, a low pressure area is likely to develop over the North East Bay of Bengal and neighbourhood around September 20 and under its influence widespread rains with isolated heavy to very heavy falls are likely over Kerala during September19-21.
An orange alert (a warning indicating heavy to very heavy rain) has been issued for six districts- Wayanad, Kozhikode, Palakkad, Thrissur, Ernnakulam, and Kottayam. A yellow alert has been issued in Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta, Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram.
Several parts of the state have been receiving heavy rains in the past few days.
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