Overview

• Kerala issued IMD orange alerts for six northern districts today, with Idukki worst hit by floods and landslips and families moved to relief camps.
• All 13 Mullaperiyar spillway shutters are open as the reservoir hovers around 139 ft, sending thousands of cusecs downstream and prompting fresh warnings to riverside residents.
• RMC Chennai forecasts widespread rain through at least Oct 24, with a red alert flagged for north coastal Tamil Nadu on Oct 22 and Nilgiri Mountain Railway services cancelled after landslides.
• A well‑marked low over the southeast Arabian Sea is likely to become a depression within about 36–48 hours, while a Bay of Bengal low is expected to form around Oct 21 and may intensify into a depression by Oct 23.
• Fishermen have been told to avoid rough seas and return to port by Oct 21, and the IMD has issued orange alerts for parts of south coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema on Oct 23–24.