Yellow alert in 9 districts with monsoon knocking, heavy rains forecast in Kerala

New delhi date. 01 June 2020, Monday

Monsoon has knocked in Kerala. According to the meteorological department, the south-west monsoon has reached Kerala. IMD Deputy Director General Anand Kumar Sharma on Monday said that the monsoon has arrived in Kerala today. Depression due to low pressure will cause heavy rains in Dadra Nagar Haveli, North Konkan, North Central Maharashtra, Daman Diu during June 3, 4. People here have to be more careful.

Amid heavy rains in Kerala, the Indian Meteorological Department has issued a yellow alert for nine districts in the state. The meteorological department has issued yellow alerts in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Idukki, Malappuram and Kannur districts of Kerala.

Indian Meteorological Department has issued a yellow alert for nine districts of Kerala today - Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Idukki, Malappuram and Kannur districts. https://t.co/C4LfSx4irs

- ANI (@ANI) June 1, 2020

Heavy rains have lashed most parts of Kerala, causing a drop in temperature. According to the meteorological department, the daytime temperature in Thiruvananthapuram has reached 25 degrees. It has been raining continuously for the last four days in the southern coastal area of ​​Kerala and Lakshadweep.

The meteorological department on Saturday said it was a pre-monsoon activity. While the meteorological agency claimed that the south-west monsoon has knocked over Kerala. The Indian Meteorological Department then denied the claim, saying the current circumstances were not conducive to such an announcement.

"The monsoon has not yet reached Kerala, we are monitoring the weather regularly," Indian Meteorological Department Director General Mrityunjay Mahapatra said on Sunday. The monsoon is expected to hit Kerala on June 1.

Earlier, the Indian Meteorological Department had said in its forecast that the monsoon would arrive late in Kerala this year. The meteorological department said the monsoon could come until June 5 this year.

The south-west monsoon in India lasts for 4 months from June to September every year. The monsoon usually hits Kerala first. Then reaches different areas of the country. The monsoon will be normal this year, according to the weather department.