Kerala weather: Red alert for rain issued in 11 of the 14 districts for Monday

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert in 11 of the 14 districts in Kerala for Monday, May 26, while an orange alert has been sounded Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam and Alappuzha districts,

Meanwhile, Monsoon rain, which hit the state on Saturday, continued to wreak damage across the state on Sunday.

A tree was uprooted and crashed onto a moving train in Thrissur. A major tragedy was averted as the loco pilot was alert and controlled the situation.

Officials said that a man was killed when an uprooted tree fell on him while he was riding a scooter in Villyappally, Kozhikode.

In another incident, two teenage siblings were electrocuted by snapped wires after a tree fell onto an electric post while they were fishing in a stream in Kodanchery, in the same district, they said.

A large number of houses and vehicles were damaged, rivers were in spate, and shutters of some dams were raised in the state as the southwest monsoon gained strength.

At least 40 houses were partially damaged, and four were completely destroyed in the northern Palakkad district. Over 30 houses were flooded, and torrential rains caused waterlogging in Chentrappinni in Thrissur district.

Several families were shifted to safer locations in Padinjarathara in Wayanad as flood water entered their houses due to alleged unscientific sand removal in connection with the construction of a canal in the area.

A 28-member NDRF team reached Wayanad as rains intensified, authorities said.