Various districts in Kerala received moderate rains on Wednesday, even as the weather office forecast very heavy rainfall in five districts of the state in the coming hours.
As per the latest update of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam and Ernakulam were placed under an orange alert, predicting “very heavy rains” in these districts today.
The red alert issued in Ernakulam and Kottayam districts on Tuesday was withdrawn.
At the same time, Thiruvananthapuram, Idukki, and Thrissur districts were placed under yellow alert, the IMD added.
The southwest monsoon is progressing normally, and conditions are suitable for its onset on the Kerala coast in the next five days, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
The development is expected to bring a temporary relief from the prevailing heatwave conditions at the end of this month. However, temperatures are likely to rise again after a few days in June.
The onset of the monsoon over Kerala marks the beginning of the four-month, June-September southwest monsoon season over India, which brings more than 70 per cent of the country’s annual rainfall. The onset of the monsoon is a significant day in India’s economic calendar.
According to the IMD, the onset of the monsoon marks a crucial transition in the large-scale atmospheric and ocean circulations in the Indo-Pacific region, and the Department announces it only after certain defined and measurable parameters, adopted in 2016, are met. Broadly, the IMD checks for the consistency of rainfall over a defined geography, its intensity, and wind speed.
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