Pathamthitta / Idukki: Red Warning has been issued for Ernakulam, Idukki and Kerala District Thrissur by the Indian Meteorology Department (IMD).
The center-district of Kerala has received heavy rain since Saturday night.
Heavy rains caused the surface of the water in various dams in the state of rising to the red warning sign, encouraging the government to open one of the leaves of the Cheruthoni dam window from the Idukki reservoir in the afternoon.
Minister of Water Resources Kerala Roshy Augustine, in Facebook posts, said that remembering heavy rain in the southern part of the country, it was decided to raise the leaves of the dam window at 14 centimeters to control the surface of the water that rose there.
Idukki reservoir water level at 10 am at 2398.80 feet, close to the red warning sign 2399.03 feet.
Water levels in various places along Periyar are seen up during heavy rain in the morning, according to the state government.
Heavy rains, roads were flooded in several parts of the southern Kerala, who also saw landslides in several parts.
Adding this, the Tamil Nadu government on Sunday morning announced that the surface of the water in the Multaperiyar Dam reached 140 feet, indicating the possibility of the window also opened if the water continued to increase.
As a result, the people who live on both sides of the Periyar must be extra-alert because the dam window leaves can be opened in the next 24 hours if the water level rises further and there is a possibility that excessive water will overflow, the administrative district of IDUKKI.
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Pathanamthitta District Administration, who also received heavy rainfall, has suggested extreme caution, especially by those who live close to the river bank or landslide area.
It is recommended that people move from landslides and floods that are prone to help camps.
Visuals on the news channel showed a road that was submerged in various parts of the Pathanamthitta district and Kollam, where the orange warning was stated.
The rain ceaselessly caused small landslip and interference with train service in several parts of Kerala on Saturday, encouraging the authorities to sound very careful in the hilly area, river side and tourist centers.
IMD on Saturday predicts a very heavy rain in Thiruvananthapuram, while very heavy rainfall is estimated to be Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam and Idukki.
Lightning storm plus lightning is also very possible in one or two places in the state until November 16, according to IMD.
With input from pti