IMD issues orange alert for Idduki, predicts very heavy rainfall in 48 hrs

Rains lashed Chandigarh and its surrounding areas on Friday, leading to a drop in temperatures by a few notches and bringing much-needed relief from the heat

Kerala's Idduki district is likely to get heavy rainfall in the 48 hours before monsoon hits the state on June 1 or 2, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday as. 

The IMD in a release said, "The Well Marked Low-Pressure area lies over West Central Arabian Sea with associated cyclonic circulation. It is very likely to concentrate into a depression over the same region during the next 24 hrs and likely to intensify further thereafter" 

The Well Marked Low-Pressure area is likely to move northwestwards across south Oman & east Yemen coasts during the next 48 hours and