Thiruvananthapuram, July 5 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast widespread rainfall across Kerala over the next five days, prompting the issuance of Orange Alerts for parts of north Kerala and Yellow Alerts for several other districts, with authorities urging the public to remain on high alert.
An Orange Alert, warning of very heavy rainfall ranging from 115.6 mm to 204.4 mm within 24 hours, has been issued for Kannur and Kasaragod on July 6, and for Kozhikode, Kannur and Kasaragod on July 7.
Yellow Alerts, indicating the likelihood of heavy rainfall between 64.5 mm and 115.5 mm in 24 hours, have been declared for Thrissur, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kannur and Kasaragod on July 5; Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, ...