Thiruvanthapuram: As heavy rain lashed Kerala on Tuesday wreaking havoc across the state, the Kasaragod district collector informed that schools will have a holiday on Wednesday. All educational institutions in Kannur will also have a holiday tomorrow.  

The India Meteorological Department sounded a red alert in three of its districts. IMD declared a red alert in Kasaragod district, besides Kannur and Idukki on Tuesday. An orange alert was declared in all other districts.

Two shutters of Maniyar dam lifted 10 cm each on Tuesday morning due to rising water levels. 

Sea has been rough in Ernakulam Njarakkal. Chellanam, Puthenthodu, Cheriyakadavu, Kannamaali areas also faced sea-attack. It also resulted in water entering 20 houses in Ponnani.   

Meanwhile, Punalur-Kollam, Kollam- Punalur Memu train services were suspended for the day after a tree fell on the track here.

The Central Water Commission has sounded an orange and yellow flood alert in Kallooppara and Pullakayar stations of Manimala river as the water levels have breached danger levels here. Those living close to the banks have been advised to excercise caution.

A 100-year-old tree uprooted near Peringavu Madurai Hotel on Thrissur-Shoranur National Highway has snapped electric lines in the area. Traffic is yet to be restored to normalcy here. A woman died after a coconut tree fell on her at Wadakkanchery, Palakkad. The deceased is identified as Thangamani (55). Another person also sustained injuries in the accident. 

Kottayam district collector V Vigneshwari has banned all mining activities in the district from July 4-6. 

Relief camps

Three relief camps were opened in Alappuzha and Idukki and 57 people from 14 families were relocated.

Control rooms

A special control room opened in Pathanamthitta Collectorate and taluk offices. District Emergency Operation centre phone numbers: 0468–2322515, 8078808915, Toll free: 1077.

The SDMA has informed that the 24-hour taluk control rooms in the districts are operational. (State Control Room Numbers: 0471 2333198, 2331639.)

NDRF teams have been deployed in Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Wayanad, Kozhikode, Alappuzha and Thrissur districts of the state. Additionally, the State Emergency Operation Centre has been operationalised while district and taluk-level emergency operation centres have been instructed to work round the clock.

Holiday for schools

A holiday has been declared for all educational institutions, including professional colleges, in the Ernakulam and Alappuzha districts on Tuesday in the view of heavy rain.

Holiday has also been declared for educational institutions in the Kasaragod district. However, colleges in Kasaragod will be open on Tuesday.

NDRF teams deployed

In a Facebook post, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that according to the IMD there was possibility of widespread rains in the state in the coming days and taking into account the severity of the rainfall, seven teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been deployed in Kerala.

A 11-year-old girl was killed in Kasaragod after a tree fell on her head near her school on Monday.

Thirty-six houses in Alappuzha and three houses in Pathanamthitta partially collapsed due to heavy rain and wind on Monday. Sea incursion has been reported in several areas including Vypin and Fort Kochi areas. The residential areas of ​​Nairambalam were also inundated.