Red alert in six districts : Reign of rain continues in Kerala
New Delhi : The India Meteorological Department (IMD) informs that heavy rainfall is likely at isolated places in north interior Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal, Telangana and Maharashtra today.
The weather office also predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in Andaman and Nicobar Islands and south Konkan and Goa.
Thunderstorm accompanied by lightning is likely at isolated places in Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, it said.
Rough to very rough sea conditions (with wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph) are expected to prevail over southeast Bay of Bengal and southwest and the west-central Arabian Sea. Squally weather will prevail on and off Maharashtra coast.
The IMD advised fishermen not to venture into these areas for the next few days.
IMD has issued a red alert in six districts of Kerala over the next few days. Red alert, denoting extremely heavy rains, has been sounded in Idukki and Kasargod for Sunday.
Extreme rain alert has been sounded in Malappuram, Wayanad, Kozhikode and Kannur for Monday. Orange, yellow alerts have also been sounded for other districts over the next four days.
As per the latest data, four people have died in various rain related tragedies in the last four days. Four fishermen from Neendakara harbour in Kollam district of Kerala have been missing for the last three days.
