Kerala rains: Orange alert for two districts on June 12

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The coastal areas of Kerala are apt  to acquisition   the ‘kallakkadal’ improvement   – the abrupt  swell of the seas causing unsmooth  waves – from Thursday 8.30 p.m. to Friday 11.30 p.m., according to a bulletin issued by INCOIS.

The coastal areas of Kerala are apt to acquisition the ‘kallakkadal’ improvement – the abrupt swell of the seas causing unsmooth waves – from Thursday 8.30 p.m. to Friday 11.30 p.m., according to a bulletin issued by INCOIS. | Photo Credit: H.VIBHU

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orangish alert informing of precise dense rains for Idukki and Ernakulam connected Friday (June 12, 2026), portion Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Thrissur, Kannur and Kasaragod districts person been enactment connected yellowish alert, wherever isolated dense rainfall is likely.

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Similarly, precise dense rainfall has been forecast for Ernakulam and Thrissur districts connected Thursday (June 11, 2026) and isolated dense rains for Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam, Idukki, Palakkad, Kozhikode, Kannur and Kasaragod districts connected the day. Isolated dense rains volition proceed successful parts of the State powered by the cyclonic circulations implicit the Bay of Bengal.

Kallakkadal phenomenon

Further, the coastal areas of Kerala are apt to acquisition the ‘kallakkadal’ improvement – the abrupt swell of the seas causing unsmooth waves – from Thursday 8.30 p.m. to Friday 11.30 p.m., according to a bulletin issued by the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), the cardinal bureau that issues upwind warnings for fishermen successful the country.

“There is simply a anticipation of unsmooth seas owed to precocious waves of 0.8 to 1.4 metres on the seashore of Kerala during this period,” according to INCOIS).

Published - June 11, 2026 03:24 p.m. IST

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