THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned that the state will continue to receive heavy rainfall for the next few days. Various districts received heavy rain in the last few hours. An orange alert has been sounded in Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha and Idukki districts. A yellow alert has also been announced in Thiruvananthapuram, Pathanamthitta, Idukki and Malappuram districts on Tuesday.

Two cyclonic circulations and the possibility of the formation of low-pressure areas in the Arabian Sea have intensified the possibility of rainfall in Kerala. A cyclonic circulation is located over the Tamil Nadu coast. Another cyclonic circulation is present over the East Bay of Bengal. During the next 48 hours, the cyclonic circulation over the Arabian Sea is likely to strengthen as a low pressure over the Southeast Arabian Sea and Central East Sea. This is likely to move in a west-northwest direction and intensify again by October 21 and become an extreme low pressure over the Central Arabian Sea, IMD said. In this situation, the state is likely to receive heavy rain for the next 24 hours.

Orange alert

16-10-2023: Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha and Idukki

Yellow alert

16-10-2023: Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kannur and Kasaragod
17- 10- 2023 : Thiruvananthapuram, Pathanamthitta, Idukki and Malappuram