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The intensifying northeast monsoon claimed its archetypal beingness successful Kerala’s mountainous Idukki territory connected Sunday (October 19, 2025), arsenic aggravated overnight rainfall inundated roads and homes, swept distant parked vehicles, and triggered mudslides. Traffic came to a halt portion powerlines and mobile telephone networks were besides hit.
The aggravated rainfall besides wreaked havoc successful Tamil Nadu’s Theni territory bordering Idukki, with postulation being affected connected the district’s Kumali inter-State ghat roadworthy owed to a mudslide.
With h2o being released from the Mullaperiyar reservoir into the Periyar stream since Saturday, villages on the stream successful Kerala reported flooding. At 7 p.m. connected Sunday, the h2o level successful the dam stood astatine 139.15 ft. The inflow into the dam was astir 9,521 cusecs and outflow was astir 8,551 cusecs, officials said.
The Kerala authorities had warned residents surviving downstream of the Mullaperiyar dam to workout caution.
Shaji Kurishumood, a nonmigratory of Vallakadavu, abutting the banks of the Periyar, said the merchandise of h2o from the Mullaperiyar dam had inundated astatine slightest 5 homes successful the locality. Residents astatine Ayyappancovil, Vikas Nagar, Karruppupalam, Manjumala, Aatooram, Kadashikkadavu and Vandiperiyar were besides facing flooding.
First causality successful Idukki
The rainfall besides claimed the beingness of Parappallil Thomas alias Thankachan, 66, who was killed erstwhile his two-wheeler was caught nether falling debris connected the Kumily-Anavilasom-Kattappana roadworthy adjacent Vellaramkunnu.
Idukki’s Kumily panchayat was among the worst hit, with neighbourhoods successful Onnam Mile, Atta Palam, Kumily town, Periyar Colony, Chelimala, Valiyakandan and Anavachal reporting flooding.
A resident, Jaison Thekkady, told The Hindu that the rising floodwater amazed scores of residents, forcing them to determination to precocious floors oregon houses of relatives connected higher ground.
The rainfall besides disrupted postulation on the Gudalloor-Kozhikode roadworthy passing done Manimoola successful the Malappuram district. The dense spell caused the h2o levels to emergence importantly successful the Karakodam, Kalakkad and Athithode Rivers successful the district.
Overnight rains besides caused minimal flooding successful Kochi, inconveniencing aboriginal greeting commuters, including two-wheeler riders.
Kerala Revenue Minister K. Rajan requested citizens to workout caution and debar driving during the nighttime on hilly routes till October 24. He said the latest spell of aggravated rainfall appeared isolated and not widespread, arsenic was the lawsuit successful 2018 and 2019.
The authorities had warned fisherfolk from venturing into oversea aft the IMD forecast choppy littoral waters.
Man washed distant successful T.N.
In Tirunelveli territory successful Tamil Nadu, Ramachandran, 49, was reportedly washed distant successful a flash flood erstwhile helium was crossing a causeway astatine Anaithalaiaaru with 2 of his relatives connected a two-wheeler connected Friday night. A hunt was nether way. In Theni, the Tamil Nadu Forest Department declared the Suruli waterfalls disconnected limits for tourists. Former Chief Minister O. Paneerselvam and his son, O.P. Raveendranath, toured the storm-hit localities successful Theni.
