Monsoon 2024: Heavy rains continue to lash Kerala
The Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha, Thrissur and Palakkad districts are on yellow alert.
The Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alappuzha, Thrissur and Palakkad districts are on yellow alert.
Two people were killed after being struck by lightning in separate incidents in Thrissur on Saturday.
Search operations are still underway to trace at least 16 more people missing at the site of landslide that devoured a huge settlement in Rajamala’s Pettimudi on August 7.
All six shutters of Pamba dam, in Pathanamthitta district opened for 60 cm each Sunday afternoon after its water level rose to 983.45 meter mark, raising concerns about floods in Ranni, Chengannur and Kuttanad regions.
While the Kerala government has announced an ex gratia of Rs 5 lakh each to the bereaved families, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced Rs 2 lakh for each family.
Kerala BJP demanded that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan revealed the source who told him about the assistance.
The NASA video shows satellite-based rainfall accumulation from July 19 to August 18, 2018. According to it, rainfall peaked in Kerala on July 20 and again reached abnormally high levels between August 8 and 16.
At present, there are two Doppler Weather Radars in Kerala — at Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram; after a cyclone warning centre, the three can cover entire state for monitoring of rainfall and severe weather events, and adequately warn the people well in advance
As per government estimates, 845 houses, 123 km of roads, 58 bridges, 278 state-owned buildings and 3,800 electric poles have been destroyed.
Says police have been instructed to take strict measures against the cyber offenders involved in spread of "fake messages", specifically mentioning “fraudulent messages/posters with altered CMDRF account numbers”
