For some areas in Kerala, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow advisory for heavy rainfall on October 26 and 27. Cyclone Dana’s impact in the Bay of Bengal has resulted in three days of intense rainfall in the southern state.
“Light to moderate rainfall at a few places accompanied with isolated thunderstorm and lightning very likely over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikal, Kerala & Mahe and Lakshadweep” is what the weather service said in its most recent press release for the next two days. After that, it is anticipated that these weather conditions would improve.
It further mentioned that until October 27, there would be “isolated heavy rainfall” in Kerala and Mahe. IMD’s October 25 weather system update states that a cyclonic circulation is located in the lower troposphere over the Southeast Arabian Sea off the coast of south Kerala. Kerala has seen “heavy rainfall” during the last two days.
Eight districts—Thruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Idukki, and Thrissur—are on a yellow alert today.
On Friday, the orange “heavy rain” notice in these regions was downgraded to a yellow one. Additionally, the districts of Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, and Alappuzha are still under a yellow alert warning for October 27.
Squally weather is predicted to prevail along and off the Kerala coast, with wind speeds of 35 to 45 kmph with gusts up to 55 kmph, according to fishermen’s warnings. Fishermen were cautioned not to go out into the sea by the alert.
According to IMD, a cyclonic circulation that stretches up to 1.5 km above mean sea level is located over the Southeast Arabian Sea off the coast of south Kerala. At 6:50 am on Saturday, the capital city’s temperature was 24 degrees Celsius with 98 percent humidity, according to the Meteorological Department.
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi declared the state “safe” following Cyclone “Dana”s” October 24–25 landfall, citing their “teamwork” as the reason for no reported casualties. “The constant rain is causing us issues. Damage has been done to 1.75 lakh hectares of crops. Mohan Charan Majhi was quoted by the news agency as saying, “The Budhabalanga River is flooded, but it is flowing below the danger level.”
