Yellow alert for four Kerala districts on May 7

A yellowish alert has been issued for 4 districts, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Idukki, and Ernakulam, connected Thursday, informing of isolated dense rains. According to a upwind bulletin issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), an precocious aerial cyclonic circulation lies implicit the Gulf of Mannar and the neighbourhood astatine 1.5 km supra mean oversea level. In addition, the north-south trough/wind discontinuity from cyclonic circulation implicit the cardinal parts of South Madhya Pradesh to the Gulf of Mannar runs from northbound interior Karnataka to the Gulf of Mannar crossed Rayalaseema and Tamil Nadu astatine 0.9 km supra mean oversea level. This is apt to trigger rainfall enactment crossed the State for the adjacent 4 days. Meanwhile, Urumi successful Kozhikode recorded precise dense rainfall of 17 cm during the past 24 hours ending astatine 8.30 a.m. connected Wednesday, followed by Karapuzha and Kalpeta successful Wayanad with 7 cm each and Pampadumpara successful Idukki with 6 cm.

Published - May 06, 2026 09:12 p.m. IST