The Indian Meteorological Division (IMD) has additionally predicted rainfall for South Interior Karnataka from October 20 to October 23.
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Riddhima Kanetkar
The Indian Meteorological Division (IMD), on Tuesday, issued an orange alert for Thiruvananthapuram, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, and other districts of Kerala for October 20.
Varied districts which had been issued with an orange alert consist of Ernakulam, Idukki, Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad, and Kannur districts. A yellow alert has been sounded in Kasargod, Alapuzha, and Kollam district for October 20.
This comes amid incessant rainfall in the snarl over the past few days. Meanwhile, dam authorities in Kerala are taking cognizance of the hassle arising out of the torrential rainfall. Shutters of several dams had been opened to cessation them from overflowing. According to expert estimates, heavy rains in the snarl have claimed the lives of 27 americans.
The IMD has additionally predicted rainfall for South Interior Karnataka from October 20 to October 23.
Aside from Kerala and Karnataka, IMD additionally predicted heavy rainfall or snowstorm for Jammu and Kashmir on October 23. Talking to ANI, Naresh Kumar, Senior Scientist, IMD said, “A large western disturbance is coming which can particularly have an affect on the western Himalayan discipline. So, we are anticipating snowstorm job will be elevated in the western Himalayan discipline. We’re anticipating heavy rainfall or heavy snowstorm in Jammu and Kasmir on October 23.”
He extra acknowledged that the adjoining areas fancy Punjab and the remoted substances of Haryana can additionally have light rainfall in the upcoming days.
Kumar additionally told that Uttarakhand had rainfall up to 40 cm and Himachal Pradesh experienced very heavy rainfall till Monday. “In west Uttar Pradesh, rainfall took place up to 17cm till the old day,” the senior scientist of IMD said.
“Meanwhile, Whereas you happen to talk about other areas of the northern section of India, we are anticipating very heavy rainfall in Bihar due to the the low stress in Bihar,” he added.
In northeast India, southerly winds are coming from the Bay of Bengal, due to which, there are chances of heavy to very heavy rainfall up to 12 cm in the upcoming two to 3 days, Kumar said.
(With wires inputs)
