Orange alert for 11 Kerala districts

After a relative respite of two days, the IMD on Tuesday issued an orange alert for 11 districts of Kerala, indicating heavy rainfall

The IMD sounded an orange alert for Thiruvananthapuram, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Idukki, Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad and Kannur districts on October 20

An orange alert has been issued for all districts other than Kannur and Kasaragod on October 21

Orange alert means an area is expected to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall which could range between 64.5 mm and 204.4 mm. PTI

3 shutters of Cheruthoni dam opened

Shutters of Cheruthoni dam, part of the Idukki reservoir in Kerala, were opened on Tuesday to create more storage capacity in anticipation of the heavy rainfall over the next two days. Shutters of Idamalayar dam in Ernakulam and Pampa in Pathanamthitta were also opened in the morning as water in these reservoirs had almost reached the danger levels.

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extra rain in Kerala this month