MALAPPURAM: Six fishermen have gone missing after fishing boats met with an accident. The boats sunk at Edamuttam in Nattika. All efforts are being taken to rescue them. Bad weather is affecting the rescue operations.

They have been trapped in the middle of the sea for nearly ten hours. As soon as the boat started sinking, the fishermen sent messages requesting to save them. Rescue operations started immediately but they could not be contacted after 4 am.

A boat sank in Thanur also. There were five in the boat. Three swam to safety. A search is continuing for the other two. One is missing in Ponnani after a boat sank. Three swam to the shore.

Yellow alert has been sounded in Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kannur and Kasargod districts. These districts will receive 64.5 mm to 115.5 of rainfall in 24 hours.

Southern districts will also receive heavy rainfall. The low-pressure that formed in the Arabian Sea near Kavaratti is the reason for the heavy rains in southern Kerala. The low pressure will move in a north-westerly direction by tomorrow. With this, the rainfall in southern Kerala will decrease and will increase in the northern districts except Kasargod.