An orange alert has been sounded for Palakkad, Thrissur, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kottayam, and Pathanamthitta, while Alappuzha, Kollam, and Thiruvananthapuram remain under a yellow alert.

The India Meteorological Department on Saturday issued a red alert for extremely heavy rainfall in five northern districts of ...

The monsoon arrival this year was far earlier than in the past. It arrived on the Kerala coast on May 24, eight days before ...