Kerala has been receiving heavy rains since Friday evening, leaving at least six people dead and over a dozen missing. Incessant rains have caused flash floods and landslides in many parts, prompting the state government to seek the assistance of defense forces for rescue operations.
Meanwhile, the Indian Meteorological Department has warned of more rain on Sunday as well.
In Pathanamthitta district, which had suffered heavy losses in 2018, a car was swept away by a strong current, but an alert auto-rickshaw driver, sensing the danger, threw stones at the car, breaking the windshield, forcing the driver to come out of it. Gaya. Swim to safety.
Meanwhile, it is a matter of relief that the rains have slowed down and it has come in handy for the people engaged in relief and rescue operations.
But what triggered this season?
On 14 October, a low pressure system developed over east-central Arabian Sea moved closer to Kerala coast. Subsequently, the southern Indian state received heavy to very heavy rainfall ranging from 115.5 mm to 204.4 mm in 24 hours and extremely heavy rainfall (over 204.4 mm in 24 hours) in at least six of its districts since Thursday.
Thodupuzha received 145.mm of rain between 12 noon and 6 pm on Saturday, which is the highest among the southern districts. Apart from this, the rains in other districts were as follows:
Cheruthoni 142.2 mm, Konni – 125 mm, Thenmala – 120.5 mm, Vyanthala – 95 mm, Kottarkara – 77 mm, Pallurathi – 66 mm.
In one of the heavy rains in recent years, the high ranges of central and south Kerala are experiencing almost the same situation as the state at the time of devastating floods of 2018 and 2019, but officials said everything was under control and there There was no need to panic.
Many people have been injured and displaced in rain-related incidents in the southern state, where dams are nearing their full capacity in several districts and small towns and villages in mountainous areas completely cut off from the outside world.
Automated weather stations in North Paravur recorded 38 mm of rain, Muvattupuzha (89.5 mm), Pallurathi (34 mm) and Nileshwaram in North Kerala district recorded 125.5 mm of rain till 8.30 pm, officials said.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said, “The situation is critical. However, he added that the latest weather forecast indicates that the situation is not going to worsen.”
Technically, by 30 September, the southwest monsoon season ends in Kerala, however, this year has been unusually delayed. K Santhosh, director, IMD Center Thiruvananthapuram, said, “The onset of northeast monsoon started from October 15 with slight deviations.” The New Indian Express, adding that before the onset of Northeast Monsoon, an anticyclonic wind has to form over the lower troposphere.
Therefore, the rain during the last four days is said to be a localized event which was triggered by the low pressure system formed in the Arabian Sea.
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