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An Orange Alert has been issued in four districts including Malappuram, Kozhikode, Kannur and Kasaragod districts
The Southwest Monsoon advanced into some parts of South Bay of Bengal, most parts of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the Andaman Sea on Monday, the IMD announced.
Kozhikode, Kannur, Ernakulam, Idukki and Thrissur are expected to receive extremely heavy rains in the next 24 hours.
A control room has already been set up in the state to deal with the emergencies.
As the chief secretary held a meeting to take stock of preparedness, the state police chief set up teams to co-ordinate disaster management efforts.
Kerala has already been pummelled by excess summer showers and the 'Asani' effect continues to pound various parts of Kerala with heavy rains.
IMD Director General Mrutunjay Mohapatra said in Bhubaneswar that cyclone Asani has already achieved the maximum stage of intensification and is gradually getting weakened.
The cyclonic storm lay centred about 550 km southeast of Vishakhapatnam and 680 km south-southeast of Puri at 5:30 am on Monday, IMD said.
The IMD DG Mrutunjay Mohaptra has on Saturday made it clear the cyclone was unlikely to make landfall either in the coast of Odisha or Andhra Pradesh, but will move parallel to the coast in the sea.
If the weather system intensifies into a cyclone it will be called Asani, Sinhalese for 'wrath'.
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