For the past two days, the majority of the state has seen nonstop, intense rain. There will still be all of the professional exams for the day.
Due to an offshore trough that stretches from the coast of Maharashtra to the coast of Kerala, the strong southwest monsoon that is currently affecting the state is predicted to last for a few more days.
On Wednesday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued two alerts: an orange one for extremely heavy rain in several districts and a yellow one for heavy rain in the districts in the south.
The trough at sea level off the coasts of Maharashtra and Kerala is still present, according to the IMD’s weather bulletin from Tuesday. A cyclonic circulation is also present over central Gujarat and the surrounding regions. Over Kerala and the Lakshadweep region, there are strong winds blowing from the west and southwest at lower levels.
It is advised that fishermen avoid going out to sea due to the possibility of squally weather along the Kerala coast, with wind speeds ranging from 35 to 45 kmph with gusts up to 55 kmph.
Top Updates:
- Due to the rain alert issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), schools and colleges in six districts of Kerala—Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Alappuzha, Idukki, Ernakulam, and Wayanad—will be closed on Thursday. For the past two days, the majority of the state has seen nonstop, intense rain.
- It will still be the day of all professional exams that are scheduled.
- A yellow alert has been issued for Kasaragod, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thrissur, Idukki, and Ernakulam, and an orange alert has been issued for Wayanad and Kannur by the Thiruvananthapuram Regional Met Centre.
- Eight districts—Wayanad, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kozhikode, Idukki, Ernakulam, Pathanamthitta, and Thiruvananthapuram—were placed under an orange alert on Wednesday.
- Additionally, the IMD has predicted heavy to extremely heavy rain in Northeast India from June 27 to June 30 and along the West Peninsular Coast for the next three to four days.
- In Northwest India, more rain is predicted, with heavy to extremely heavy rains possible from June 28 to June 30.
- The Northern Limit of Monsoon continues to pass through Mundra, Mehsana, Udaipur, Shivpuri, Siddhi, Lalitpur, Chaibasa, Haldia, Pakur, Sahibganj, and Raxaul, according to a press release from IMD regarding the southwest monsoon. Over the next three to four days, conditions are expected to improve for the Southwest Monsoon to continue advancing into the remaining areas of the North Arabian Sea, Gujarat State, Madhya Pradesh, some more parts of Rajasthan, the remaining portions of Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Jharkhand, and Bihar, most of East Uttar Pradesh, some more parts of West Uttar Pradesh, some parts of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad, northern parts of Punjab, and northern parts of Haryana.