PremiumPredicting extremely heavy rainfall, India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red alert for 2 districts and an orange alert for 6 southern districts in Kerala till Tuesday. IMD also warned of squally weather on the Kerala coast and fishermen have been advised not to venture out into the sea during these days.
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A red alert indicates heavy to extremely heavy rains of over 20 cm in 24 hours, while orange alert means very heavy rains from 6 cm to 20 cm of rainfall. A yellow alert means heavy rainfall between 6 to 11 cm.
The IMD has earlier predicted that the Southwest monsoon, which is also known as Edavapathi in the state, is likely to bring the first showers to Kerala by May 27, five days earlier than the normal onset date.
