In Keralam, an orange alert, indicating isolated very heavy rainfall, has been issued for the northern districts of Kasaragod and Kannur. Yellow alert, indicating isolated heavy rainfall, has been issued for seven other districts.
Meanwhile, the intensity of the rainfall is expected to decrease over the southern parts of Kerala today. Fishing activities have been banned along the coast until July 2.
A yellow alert has been issued for Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Thrissur, Palakkad and Malappuram, indicating the possibility of heavy rainfall between 64.5 mm and 115.5 mm in 24 hours.
The IMD has forecast widespread rain or thundershowers across Kerala till July 4. Heavy rainfall of 7 cm to 11 cm is likely at isolated places on June 30 and from July 1 to July 3, while very heavy rainfall of 12 cm to 20 cm is expected at isolated places on Sunday and Monday.
According to the IMD, the ongoing weather is influenced by an upper air cyclonic circulation over north Telangana and neighbouring areas, another cyclonic circulation over the west-central Bay of Bengal adjoining south coastal Andhra Pradesh, and an associated trough extending across central India.