The heavy rain that had been lashing components of Kerala for the previous few days is prone to intensify additional with a recent low-pressure space forming over the Bay of Bengal. Picture Credit score: NIRMAL HARINDRAN
The heavy rain that had been lashing components of Kerala for the previous few days is prone to intensify additional with a recent low-pressure space forming over the Bay of Bengal. The low-pressure space that shaped over the southeast Bay of Bengal on Tuesday (October 21, 2025) morning is prone to intensify right into a despair over central components of the south Bay of Bengal and the adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal through the subsequent 24 hours.
The brand new system is prone to set off heavy to very heavy rainfall throughout Kerala, particularly in Ghat areas. The India Meteorological Division (IMD) issued an orange alert for Idukki, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad and Malappuram districts on Tuesday warning of very heavy rains, and a yellow alert for the remaining districts, the place remoted heavy rainfall is probably going.
Pink alert on Wednesday
A crimson alert has additionally been issued for Idukki, Palakkad and Malappuram on Wednesday the place excessive heavy rainfall is probably going, whereas Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Kozhikode and Wayanad districts have been placed on orange alert, and the remaining districts on yellow alert on Wednesday.
In the meantime, the climate system over the Arabian Sea is shifting away from the coast of Kerala, though the system has been intensifying over the previous 24 hours.
Over the past 24 hours ending at 8.30 am on Tuesday, Neyyattinkara in Thiruvananthapuram recorded the very best quantity of rainfall with 11 cm, adopted by Quilandi in Kozhikode (9 cm), Piravom in Ernakulam, Irinjalakuda in Thrissur, Thattathumala in Thiruvananthapuram and Kunnamangalam in Kozhikode with 7 cm every.
Printed – October 21, 2025 01:48 pm IST