Kerala is witnessing heavy rainfall today. A ‘Red’ alert has been sounded for Idukki district by the weather office while an ‘Orange’ alert has been issued for Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur and Palakkad for today. A ‘Red’ alert indicates extremely heavy rainfall and the authorities need to take action and an ‘Orange’ alert says “very heavy rainfall” and agencies need to be ready for emergencies.
A ‘Yellow’ alert has also been issued for Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam and Thrissur for tomorrow by the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Several areas in Kochi city were inundated. MG Road, Jos Junction and Panampilly Nagar are waterlogged. The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation bus station in the city is also under water. Water has entered many homes in western Kochi.
Heavy spells have also been predicted along the rest of India’s west coast as well as its east coast. According to the IMD’s daily weather bulletin, isolated heavy to very heavy falls are likely over pockets of South Gujarat, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu over the next two days.
Squally weather, with wind speeds reaching 40-50 kmph, is predicted over southwest Bay of Bengal, Andaman Sea, Comorin area and along the Kerala-Karnataka coast and Lakshadweep-Maldives areas. Fishermen have been advised not to venture into the water in these regions.
Under the influence of a shifting monsoon trough, which currently runs near the foothills of the Himalayas, as well as two cyclonic circulations, widespread rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy showers are likely over most parts of north India.
As a result of these meteorological developments, heavy to very heavy rainfall has been predicted over parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Uttarakhand between 29 and 30 July and over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh during 29 to 31 July.
