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Several trains conducting services in Kerala have either been cancelled or delayed following the heavy rains and damage caused to the signalling system.
IMD has issued an orange alert in the Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Idukki and Thrissur districts of Kerala.
It is advised to avoid travel to hilly areas or beach destinations until the rains subside.
Van Aalst, who is the director of International Red Cross/ Red Crescent Climate Centre based in The Hague said Kerala can stop weather hazards from becoming disasters with better planning and preparedness.
Since late April, the Kochuthara colony has been flooded several times intermittently. Every time, a flood occurs, the area remains submerged for days. In many other villages of Kuttanad, the story sounds similar.
The rainfall received so far this year has surpassed 3521 mm rainfall recorded in 2007 and 3519 mm in 2018 when floods wreaked havoc across the state.
The construction work of the A-C canal is yet to be completed, even 70 years after it was envisaged.
All educational institutions will remain shut in Kottayam, Pathanamthitta, Kollam and Alappuzha districts on Tuesday.
The flood situation was made worse by those who did not know even the basics of dam management but instead of conducting a probe, the Left government tried to protect the accused, V D Satheesan said.
The authorities had failed to issue precautionary alerts or warning when the deluge had wreaked havoc in the southern state in 2018, it said in a latest report.