An orange alert was issued on Wednesday for four districts in Kerala by the Met department following formation of a deep depression in the Arabian sea.
The Orange alert, indicating heavy to very rainfall of between 6 CM to 20 CM, was for Ernakulam, Thrissur, Malappuram and Kozhikode districts for October 31, while the other 10 districts were issued a yellow alert for tomorrow.
The Met department said the depression over Maldives- Comorin and Lakshadweep area has "intensified into a deep Depression over Lakshadweep and adjoining southeast Arabian Sea and Maldives area."
A cyclone warning and a red alert has been issued for Lakshadweep Islands, where extremely heavy rainfall has been forecast
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