The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday issued a red alert for heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in Kerala's Kasargod, Kannur, Kozhikode, Wayanad, and Malappuram districts over the next 24 hours.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for heavy rain in Kasaragod, Kannur, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thrissur, Ernakulam, Idukki, and Kottayam districts of Kerala. A yellow alert has been given for four other districts.
Heavy rain lashed many districts of Kerala on Friday, disrupting normal life and causing waterlogging. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued red alerts for Idukki, Kannur, and Kasaragod districts and orange alerts for the remaining districts today. Authorities in several districts
A holiday has been declared for educational institutions in Thrissur, Idukki, Ernakulam, Wayanad, and Kasargod districts on May 26 due to heavy rain alerts.
As India Meteorological Department predicted heavy rain in Kerla's ecologically sensitive Wayanad district on Monday (December 2), the district emergency operations centre is actively monitoring the situation on the ground, said Wayanad Collector Meghashree.
The Finance Ministry has ordered five public sector insurance companies to extend all the possible help to the victims of the calamity in Kerala to secure the insurance claims, the Finance Ministry said in a post on social media platform "X".
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra visited the landslide site at Chooralmala, Wayanad today.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Thursday that the main priority now is the rescue of the missing persons and rehabilitation will be initiated at the earliest.
The India Meteorological Department on Friday issued a Signal 3 port warning at Kalingapatnam, Visakhapatnam, and Kakinada ports in Andhra Pradesh due to low-pressure over the Bay of Bengal.
Due to the continued heavy rains in the state, district administrations of eight districts ordered the closure of educational institutions in their respective districts on Wednesday.