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The hilly territory of Idukki successful Kerala witnessed highly dense rainfall connected Friday (October 18, 2025) night, causing wide harm successful the district.
The Peerumade and Udumbanchola taluks witnessed isolated incidents of mudslides and insignificant landslips. Heavy rainfall astatine Kumily and Nedumkandam flooded respective houses.
#NorthEast monsoon: #Idukki territory successful #Kerala witnessed highly dense rainfall connected Friday night. Shutters of Mullaperiyar dam were opened connected Saturday greeting aft h2o level roseate to 136 ft. Here, a conveyance being washed distant pursuing dense rainfall
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According to section residents, Idukki territory experienced dense rainfall from astir 9 p.m. connected Friday and witnessed utmost rainfall till Saturday morning.
Heavy rainfall flooded galore shops and houses astatine Cumbummettu, Balagram, Thookupalam, and Balanpilla metropolis successful Nedumkandam.
Amid rising h2o levels astatine the Kallarkutty dam, adjacent Nedumkandam, successful Idukki, the authorities person opened 4 shutters, releasing 160 cusecs of water. According to officials, the shutters of the Kallar dam astatine Nedumkandam were opened astatine afloat capacity.
A parked traveller conveyance was washed distant astatine Kootar, adjacent Nedumkandam, aft the h2o level roseate successful the Kootar river.
Heavy rainfall caused flooding successful Kumily municipality connected Friday night. In Kumily, 5 radical who had been trapped successful their houses owed to waterlogging caused by an overflowing adjacent watercourse were rescued.
As galore arsenic 42 families successful the territory person been evacuated to safer locations.
The h2o level roseate to astir 6 ft successful the Mullaperiyar dam pursuing dense rains. The h2o level, which stood astatine 132.90 ft astatine 11 p.m. connected Friday, it roseate to 136 ft astatine 3 americium connected Saturday. It further inched up to 137.7 ft astatine 7 am.
Tamil Nadu opened 3 radial shutters of the Mullaperiyar dam astatine 9 americium and released 1,063 cusecs of h2o into the Periyar river.
The h2o level successful the Idukki reservoir connected Saturday greeting stood astatine 2,381.82 ft. The precocious regularisation level is 2,398.96 ft.
