Railway officials who cleaned the track near the area on Tuesday after the tree fell on the track and the electric line above it and on Tuesday morning disrupted the operation for hours. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh
On the fourth consecutive day since the beginning of the southwest monsoon, the heavy rain has strengthened part of the state and disrupted everyday life on Tuesday. The strong wind that accompanied the rain left a trail of destruction throughout the state, although the intensity of rain was relatively low on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, a fresh low pressure on the northwest Bay of Bengal was formed on the coast of Odisha. The system is likely to move slowly to the north and will be more pronounced over the next 48 hours. This, along with the predominant strong Westerlies at lower tropospheric levels above the Kerala and Lakshadweep region, is likely to cause several intense rain magic in the next five days.
IMD alerts
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) released a red warning on Wednesday for the districts of Kozhikode and Wayanad, warning of extreme precipitation. The remaining districts were issued orange alerts, warning against very heavy rains, except for the districts of Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam and Alappuzha, where a yellow warning of isolated heavy rains was issued. Meanwhile, the heavy rain, which in the last few days pummeling has slightly reduced the state and has relieved people who faced the fury of monsoon, especially in the northern and middle keral.
However, the torment and the rough sea related to the rain remained failed. The train traffic was disrupted by the third consecutive day in different parts of the state after the uprooted trees and roof leaves of the houses fell on the railway lines in the rain, accompanied by heavy winds on Monday evening and early Tuesday morning. The railway traffic was disturbed for more than six hours on the Naplam-Aekad in Kozhikode.
The train operation was also disturbed for about four hours in the Ernakulam section after the branches of the Banyan tree on the railway line fell on Monday evening around 8:00 pm in Ernacula and damaged the electric lines that supply electricity to the trains. Several trains have been overparted.
Ksese’s losses
According to available data, the distribution sector of the State Electrical Council (KSEB) suffered a loss of 56.77 Crore after approximately 1,596 high voltage columns and 10,573 low voltage columns were damaged in the rain and wind.
Extensive damage was mainly due to fallen trees. The Minister of Electricity K. Krishhnankutty urged the state government to issue district collectors the necessary instructions to remove fallen trees or to limit the trees that, under the Act on Catastrophe management, represent a danger that pose a danger to public life.
Around 14 embossed camps were opened in the state due to heavy rain and accommodated around 240 people out of 71 families.
Meanwhile, Thalassery and Ayyankunnu in Kannura recorded the highest precipitation of 17 cm in the last 24 hours ending on Tuesday at 8:30, followed by Peerumed in Idukki and Vykiri in Wayanad with 16 cm.
Published – May 27, 2025 20:05
