Heavy rain lashes Kasaragod, Thiruvananthapuram; yellow alert in 9 districts

By Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Heavy rain lashed Thiruvananthapuram and Kasaragod on Tuesday underneath the affect of Cyclone Yaas. Low-lying areas within the capital had been inundated following the rain. According to India Meteorological Department, Kasaragod obtained 9 cm rain in the course of the 12 hours that ended on 8.30 pm on Tuesday adopted by Thiruvananthapuram metropolis with 7 cm. The Thampanoor KSRTC bus stand and railway station premises had been flooded as heavy rain lashed the capital within the night. 

IMD has sounded yellow alert throughout the state besides in Thrissur, Malappuram, Wayanad, Kannur and Kasaragod, warning of remoted heavy showers on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the southwest Monsoon has superior into some elements of Maldives-Comorin space and extra elements of Southwest and Southeast Bay of Bengal on Tuesday. 

Conditions have gotten beneficial for the onset of Southwest Monsoon. As per IMD, the southwest monsoon will arrive within the state by May 31. Yaas could be very more likely to cross north Odisha-West Bengal coasts between Paradip and Sagar Island near north of Dhamra and south of Balasore, at midday on Wednesday after it develops into a really extreme cyclonic storm. As a outcome, the state is anticipated to get heavy showers.

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