MONSOON RAINS: SCHOOLS, COLLEGES TO REMAIN CLOSED TODAY IN 6 DISTRICTS OF KERALA; DETAILS HERE
Schools and colleges in six districts of Kerala will remain closed on Thursday due to a rain warning from the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
The districts affected are Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Alappuzha, Idukki, Ernakulam, and Wayanad.
However, professional exams scheduled for the day will proceed as planned.
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Some districts of Kerala have been receiving incessant rainfall for the last two days.
The Regional Met Centre of Thiruvananthapuram has issued an orange alert for the districts of Wayanad and Kannur, while a yellow alert has been issued for the districts of Kasaragode, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thrissur, Idukki and Ernakulam.
Earlier on Wednesday, an orange alert was issued for eight districts, including Wayanad, Kannur, Kasaragode, Kozhikode, Idukki, Ernakulam, Pathanamthitta, and Thiruvananthapuram.
What IMD says..
The IMD has forecasted heavy to very heavy rainfall expected along the West Peninsular Coast over the next 3-4 days. Similarly, northeast India is likely to experience such rainfall from June 27 to June 30.
Furthermore, Northwest India may also see increased rainfall, particularly heavy to very heavy, anticipated from June 28 to June 30.
According to the IMD, the Northern Limit of Monsoon currently passes through Mundra, Mehsana, Udaipur, Shivpuri, Siddhi, Lalitpur, Chaibasa, Haldia, Pakur, Sahibganj, and Raxaul. Conditions are expected to become favorable for the Southwest Monsoon to advance further into the remaining areas of North Arabian Sea, Gujarat State, Madhya Pradesh, additional parts of Rajasthan, remaining portions of Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, most parts of East Uttar Pradesh, more areas of West Uttar Pradesh, some regions of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad, northern parts of Punjab, and northern parts of Haryana in the next 3-4 days.
(With inputs from ANI)
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