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With several places across the southern districts of Kerala receiving heavy pre-monsoon showers on Tuesday morning, the met department has revised its forecast for the day.
The India Meteorological Department has sounded a red alert in Kottayam and Ernakulam districts on Tuesday. These districts are expected to receive rainfall above 204.4mm in 24 hours. Orange and yellow alert is sounded for various districts in the state as the rain is expected to intensify in the next hours.
In Ernakulam, incessant rain caused severe waterlogging in many places including Infopark at Kakkanad. Many houses were inundated in low-lying areas like Marottichuvadu, Thammanam, Kakkanad, Kudannoor and Edappally under Kochi Corporation. The bad weather and waterlogging resulted in traffic snarl-ups on major roads at Vyttila, Kaloor, Tripunithra, Kadavanthra, Kalamassery, and on Sahodaran Ayappan Road, Palarivattom-Kakkanad and Aluva-Edappally roads on Tuesday morning.
In Kollam, over 200 houses in low-lying areas like Maruthadi, Mangad and Sakthikulangara were submerged as heavy rain continued to lash the district from Sunday night. People complained that lapses in reconstructing the drainage led to the issue. Severe waterlogging is interrupting traffic on MC Road, Chathannur, Nilamel and Kollam-Theni National Highway.
The city and rural areas of the capital district of Thiruvananthapuram witnessed heavy rains since Monday night. Trees were uprooted and streams were overflowing in villages of Thiruvananthapuram district. In nearby Neyyattinkara, a house was severely damaged after an uprooted tree fell on it during heavy rains accompanied by winds. Nedumangadu, Neyyattinkara, Kattakkada, and Amboori areas, located in the high ranges of the district, received widespread rainfall.
Three deaths were reported in rain-related accidents in the state on Tuesday. A student drowned in a canal at Vengoor in Ernakulam while taking a bath. The deceased is Eldhose (15), son of Aikkarakudi Shaibin. In Alappuzha, Anchuthengu native Aravind was killed after a coconut tree fell over him during gusty winds and rain.A 14-year-old boy drowned in a river at Kanhangad in Kasaragod.
In Muthalapozhi, a fisherman was killed after his fishing boat capsized due to high tidal waves on Tuesday.
Two others were injured.
Two incidents of boat capsizing were also reported off the coasts of Muthalapozhi fishing hamlet, located about 30 kilometres away from here. In one incident, a fisherman died after his boat overturned due to high tidal waves this morning. Three others, who also fell into the sea, were rescued and rushed to a nearby hospital, police said.
Meanwhile, the weatherman has predicted that above-normal monsoon rainfall is expected in the central and south peninsular regions of India. As per the forecast, the southwest monsoon is likely to set in over Kerala on May 31.
Source: Kerala rain: IMD revises forecast; Red alert in Ernakulam, Kottayam today