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An orange alert has been sounded in Idukki and Malappuram for isolated heavy-to-very-heavy rainfall on Saturday.
The Kerala government has taken elaborate measures to mitigate the dangers posed by the cyclone. Over 2,500 relief camps were set up in all southern districts of the state, likey to face the full brunt from heavy rainfall and high-speed winds.
The IMD has predicted that Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam, Alappuzha, Idukki and Ernakulam districts would receive heavy rains and wind from December 3 to 5. A red alert has been declared in these districts.
Instead of through the southern fringe of Thiruvananthapuram district as expected earlier, the cyclonic storm is now predicted to enter Kerala slightly north along the Thiruvananthapuram-Kollam boundary.
Here are some of the precautionary measures you should take when a cyclone warning is issued in your area.
As per latest India Meteorological Department (IMD) update, the cyclone's path has further moved to northward and four southern Kerala districts likely to come under its influence.
Though the storm would be moving only through the southernmost tip of Thiruvananthapuram district, it is expected to trigger rainfall at most places in South Kerala (Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta and Alappuzha).
In south Tamil Nadu and south Kerala, heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely at a few places and extremely heavy showers at isolated places on December 3.
The deep depression in the Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify further into a cyclonic storm by late Tuesday night.
The IMD has issued a red-colour coded warning for the southern areas of Tamil Nadu Kerala in view of the brewing storm and said that these areas are expected to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall.