Red alert in three Kerala districts

Tuesday, 13 August 2019 15:19

A red alert has been issued in three districts in the south Indian state of Kerala as extremely heavy rains are forecast for the region over the next couple of days.

The red alert has been sounded in Alappuzha, Ernakulam and Idukki districts on Tuesday and in northern districts of Malappuram and Kozhikode on Wednesday.

Alert: Forecasters predict heavy rains across most parts of the State. Red alert has been issued for 3 districts; Alappuzha, Ernakulam and Idukki. Orange alert issued for 9 other districts. #KeralaFloods pic.twitter.com/xMTvP48ibg
— CMO Kerala (@CMOKerala) August 13, 2019

'Orange alert' has been issued in six districts - Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Palakkad, Thrissur and Malappuram - on Tuesday.

This comes as the flood-hit northern parts are slowly limping back to normalcy, and death toll from the floods climbed to 88.

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