Government agencies have been put on alert in Kerala with heavy rainfall expected to lash the southern State till at least Friday.
The State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC) has been activated and the district and taluk-level emergency operation centres will function round the clock, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is on standby, he said.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has put Idukki and Kannur districts on red alert for extremely heavy rainfall on Tuesday. ‘Extremely heavy rainfall’ indicates the possibility of rainfall in excess of 20 cm in a 24-hour period. All other districts, except Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam, are on orange alert for isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall (12-20 cm). Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam, which are on yellow alert, can expect isolated heavy rainfall (7-11 cm in 24 hours) on Tuesday, according to a 4 p.m. update on Monday.
