After a brief lull, iꦇncessant rains a🔴ccompanied by gusty winds pounded several parts of Kerala on Tuesday, disrupting normal life.
Many narrow lanes and busy roads in Kochi and adjacent areas ൩were submerged due to continuous downpour since early morning.
People could not venture out of their homes in many areas of the port city as roads were flooded. Vehicles were seen moving at snail's pace on highways fꦰollowing the ra🦄ins.
Normal life was hit in the Kakkanad-Infopark and A♌luva-Edappally areas due to waterlogging.
The city and rural areas of the capital district of Thiruvღananthapuram witnessed heavy rains since Mo꧋nday night.
Trees were uprooted and streams were overflowing in villages of Thiruvanantha♓puram district.
In n💃earby Neyyattinkara, a house was severely damaged after an uprooted tree fell on it during heavy rains accompanied by winds.
Nedumangadu, Neyyattinkara, Kattakkada, and Amboori areas, located in the high ranges of the district, received wid🐻espread rainfall.
According to locals, a portion of a hill behin💝d the famous Bali mandapam at Papanasam in nearby Varkala caved in because of heavy rains.
The e🦩co-tourism c🎶entre in hill station Ponmudi was closed following bad weather.
With heavy rains contin♋uing to ജlash rural areas of Thiruvananthapuram, the shutters of Aruvikkara dam here have been raised up to 90 cm, district authorities said.
As the shutters would be raised up to 150 cm in the wake of the intense downpour, people🍃 living nea🌠rby are advised to remain vigilant, they added.
High tides and rough seas were reported in coastal areas, posing a threat to fishing vessels in these areas of thꦦe state.
Two incidents of boat capsizing were also reported off the coasts o𝓡f Muthalapozhi f𝔉ishing hamlet, located about 30 kilometres away from here.
In one incident, a fisherman꧅ died after his boat overturned due to high tidal waves this🎐 morning.
Three others, who also fell into the sea, were rescued and rushed to a nea🌼rby hospital, police♑ said.
According to the latest u🐬pdate from the Indian Meteorological Department, moderate rainfall accompanied by thunderstorm and gusty wind speeds reaching upto 40 kmph is likely to occur at one or tw꧂o places in Ernakulam and Kozhikode districts on Tuesday.
Moderate rainfall is expected at one or two places in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alapꦯpuzha, Kottayam, Idukki, Thrissur, and Malappuram districts, while isolated light rainfall is predicted in Pal▨akkad and Kannur districts, it said.
