Widespread rain likely across Keralam for three days; Yellow alert for seven districts on September 23
The India Meteorological Department has issued a yellow alert for seven districts in Kerala due to expected widespread rainfall over the next three days. The weather pattern is being driven by a depression forming over the Bay of Bengal that is moving toward the east coast of India.
Why it matters
The heavy rainfall poses potential risks for flooding and landslides in vulnerable regions, necessitating public caution and disaster preparedness.
Widespread rain is likely across Keralam for three days from Wednesday (September 23, 2026), influenced by the movement of a weather system formed over the Bay of Bengal towards the east coast of the country.
According to a weather bulletin issued by the India Meteorological department (IMD) on Tuesday, the well-marked low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a depression. It is very likely to move west-northwestwards and intensify into a deep depression over the west-central and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal by Tuesday night.
Continuing its west-northwestward movement, the system is very likely to reach the north Andhra Pradesh-south Odisha coasts and cross the coast between Visakhapatnam and Gopalpur as a deep depression from Wednesday night to the early hours of September 24.
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