Heavy rain has been lashing elements of Kerala, triggered by the cyclonic circulation over the southwest Bay of Bengal. Piravom in Ernakulam skilled excessive heavy rainfall over the last 24 hours ending at 8.30 a.m. on Tuesday, adopted by Peechi in Thrissur (13 cm), Choondy in Ernakulam (8 cm), Minicoy and Agathi, each in Lakshadweep, Kottayam, Vellanikkara in Thrissur and Vadavathur in Kottayam with 7 cm every.
The heavy rainfall is prone to proceed for another day underneath the affect of the higher air cyclonic circulation that lies over the southwest Bay of Bengal off the north Tamil Nadu coast. An east-west trough additionally runs from southern elements of the east-central Arabian Sea to southern elements of the central Bay of Bengal throughout southern inside Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. That is prone to improve the pace of westerlies and northwesterlies prevailing over Kerala.
The India Meteorological Division (IMD) issued a pink alert for Idukki, Ernakulam, Thrissur, and Malappuram on Tuesday (August 5), the place excessive heavy rainfall is probably going through the subsequent 24 hours, whereas an orange alert has been issued for the remainder of the State aside from Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam, the place very heavy rainfall is probably going.
On Wednesday, the extreme rainfall can be in north Kerala, the place a pink alert has been issued for Kannur and Kasaragod and an orange alert for Malappuram, Kozhikode and Wayanad. Thereafter, the depth of the rain is predicted to regularly subside.
Printed – August 05, 2025 01:44 pm IST
