Jun 14, 2025 04:24 PM IST

IMD additionally issued an orange alert for the districts of Palakkad, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Idukki, Kottayam and Pathanamthitta.

Various districts of Kerala on Saturday skilled widespread rains and robust winds, inflicting remoted incidents of uprooting of bushes and harm to homes in lots of locations.

Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam and Alappuzha, have been positioned below a yellow alert by the climate division.(PTI)

The falling down of bushes had been reported in excessive vary areas of northern districts following incessant rains in lots of locations since final night time, native folks stated.

A home was broken within the coastal hamlet of Perumathura right here after its tin roof was blown away following sturdy winds.

Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday predicted extraordinarily heavy rainfall in 5 districts of the state–Kasaragod, Kannur, Wayanad, Kozhikode and Malappuram and sounded a purple alert there.

Districts of Palakkad, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Idukki, Kottayam and Pathanamthitta had been positioned below an orange alert whereas a yellow alert was issued in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam and Alappuzha, as per the newest replace of the IMD.

A purple alert signifies heavy to extraordinarily heavy rain of over 20 cm in 24 hours, whereas an orange alert means very heavy rain of 11 cm to twenty cm and a yellow alert predicts heavy rainfall between 6 cm to 11 cm.