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Major rivers across North Kerala including the Tejaswini and the Kaveri was over flowing as water levels was found rising with heavy downpour lashed across Kasaragod, Kannur and Kozhikode districts. Streams in these districts were found overflowing with rains that started from Tuesday evening continuing across these regions. However, no untoward incidents were reported in these districts

Kasaragod: North Kerala districts witnessed heavy downpour even as the India Meteorological Department has officially announced that the south-west monsoon has withdrawn from Kerala, and the north-east rainfall activity has begun over the region. Considering this, the weather agency issued an orange alert for Malappuram and Kannur, predicting very heavy rainfall between 115.6 and 204.4 mm for the next three days. Ten other districts—Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Idukki, Thrissur, Palakkad, Kozhikode, Wayanad, and Kasaragod—are under a yellow alert, indicating heavy rainfall between 64.5 and 115.5 mm.

Major rivers across North Kerala including the Tejaswini and the Kaveri was over flowing as water levels was found rising with heavy downpour lashed across Kasaragod, Kannur and Kozhikode districts. Streams in these districts were found overflowing with rains that started from Tuesday evening continuing across these regions. However, no untoward incidents were reported in these districts.

Moderate rain with thunderstorms is likely to occur at isolated places in all districts on Wednesday. According to the IMD, rain accompanied by thunder-showers is expected at most places in Kerala until October 21. A wind warning is also in place, advising fishermen to avoid venturing into the sea until October 19 due to squally weather conditions, with wind speeds ranging from 35 km/h to 45 km/h and gusts up to 55 km/h along the Kerala-Karnataka-Lakshadweep coast.

Alerts for Thursday, October 17

Orange: Kozhikode, Kannur
Yellow: Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Wayanad, Kasaragod

The swell surge warning is in effect for all coastal districts, lasting until 11 pm on October 16: Red alert in Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram (with waves expected to reach heights of 1.0 to 2.0 meters and a period of 18.0 to 20.0 seconds); Yellow alert in all other districts (with waves expected to reach heights of 1.0 to 2.0 meters and a period of 18.0 to 20.0 second).

“People living in the hilly areas especially near landslide prone areas are advised not to go for trekking and other adventurous activities as there could be landslides reported in these areas”, said a senior official at Kasaragod revenue department.

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