Vehicles pass through the East Fort after a continuous rain in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday. | Photo Credit: Nirmal Harindran / The Hindu
On Friday morning, normal life in the southern kerala disrupted the strong part of the state.
On Friday, roads and low -laid areas were flooded in the capital and forced motorists and pedestrians to wade through the flood waters. It took several hours for the rainwater to retreat from the waters.
In addition to Thiruvananthapurama, he threw heavy rain from the gear in the districts of Pathanamitta and Idukki. The low -pressure area over the Bay of Bengal launched the magic of heavy rain during the end of the monsoon season. The system is likely to intensify into depression and cross the coast of South Odisha-North Andhra Pradesh around Saturday morning, according to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)
While Southern and the parts of the central Kerala on Thursday and Friday took the onslaught of rain, Central and Northern Kerala can get heavy rain on Saturday and Sunday.
The strength of the rain will gradually disappear in accordance with the weather system from the coast of the Arab Sea.
IMD issued an orange alert for Kasaragod, Kannur, Kozhikode and Wayanad on Saturday, warned against very heavy categories of precipitation (115.5 to 204.4 mm per 24 hours) and yellow warning for Malappuram, Palakkad, Thrissur, Ernakula and IDUKKI, where it is likely. Kasaragod, Kannur, Kozhikode and Wayanad were also a yellow warning on Sunday.
Neyyattinkar in the Thiruvanthapuram district recorded the highest precipitation of 17 cm Thrissur (every 14 cm) and PirapPancode in Thiruvanthapuram, Karumadi in the ALAPPUZHA district
The irrigation department declared a yellow warning in the Achancoil River (Konni GD) after heavy rain and rising water levels in the river.
Popular ecotourism destinations such as Ponmudi and Mankayam will remain closed from Friday to the next announcement, said a divisional forest officer in Thiruvananthapurama.
Another low -pressure area is expected to be created in the north and the central Gulf of Bengal in October 1. It is too early to predict the trail of the system and its likely impact on the monsoon stream that prevails along the coast of Kerala.
Published – 26 September 2025 17:45
