The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued Orange alert in Thiruvananthapuram, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Idukki, Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad and Kannur districts for October 20 and Yellow alert in Kasargod, Alapuzha and Kollam. Heavy rain for three days beginning October 20 in several parts of Kerala.
The state government has sounded an alert in downstream areas of the Idukki dam, including suburban areas of Kochi, and begun evacuating families that could be affected by the likely flash floods. Water was released from the Idukki reservoir at 11 am Tuesday as the state’s largest reservoir, which accounts for more than 93 per cent of its live storage capacity, is rapidly filling up after heavy rain.
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This is the second time in three years that water was released from the reservoir, the largest in the state and one of the highest arch dams in Asia. Meanwhile, with the Navy and NDRF recovering more bodies from under the debris at Koottickal in Kottayam district and Kokkayar in neighbouring Idukki district, the death toll in the devastating landslides and flash floods climbed to 27 on Monday.
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