The authorities have set up relief camps in various districts.
Thiruvananthapuram:
With incessant rains continuing to lash Kerala and landslides and rising river water levels in some parts of the state, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday issued a red alert in 10 districts of the southern state.
The IMD had also issued a red alert for August 3 in the same 10 districts.
According to the IMD district’s rain forecast issued for Kerala at 10 am on Tuesday, a red alert has been sounded in all the districts of Kerala except Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta and Kasaragod, where an orange alert has been issued for August 2 and 3. has been issued.
The department has also warned of heavy and very heavy rain at isolated places in the state till August 5.
As the heavy rains continued, authorities have set up relief camps in various districts and closed tourist places in the high hills of Idukki.
In Kottayam, the body of a man who had gone missing a day earlier was recovered from Kuttikkal Chhapat area of the district on Tuesday morning, the emergency operations center there said.
In Thrissur, the water level of the Chalakudy river rose by about 5 meters at around 2 am on Tuesday after the district administration advised people living in the low-lying areas of the river to move to safer places due to heavy rains.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday said six people had died and one was missing in rain-related incidents till August 1.
Red alert indicates heavy to very heavy rainfall of more than 20 cms in 24 hours, while orange alert means very heavy rain ranging from 6 cms to 20 cms of rain. Yellow alert means heavy rain between 6 to 11 cms.
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