Kochi: The Meteorological Department has issued a red alert for July 11 predicting very heavy rains in Kannur and Kasargod districts of Kerala. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday issued orange alert for Wayanad, Kozhikode and Malappuram districts and yellow warning for Palakkad, Thrissur, Idukki and Ernakulam districts.
With this, IMD has issued orange alert for Kottayam, Idukki, Malappuram, Kozhikode and Kannur districts on Saturday and yellow alert for Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta districts. According to the IMD website, Kottayam received up to 15 cm of rainfall till 10 am on Saturday, while Thiruvananthapuram district received 1.7 cm and Ernakulam 10.7 cm. Rain has been recorded till now. The weather warning issued for fishermen and people living in coastal areas of Kerala from July 10 to July 13 said, "The coast of Kerala is getting strong wind speed of 40 to 50 kmph. Fishermen are advised not to go into the sea during this period.
Red alert means 20 cm in 24 hours. Excessive heavy rain of more than six cm while orange alert means. From 20 cm. It rains too much. Yellow alert means six to 11 cm heavy rainfall.
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