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KOCHI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday that Kerala would continue to receive extremely heavy rainfall over the next two days due to a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal intensifying into a depression and subsequently into a deep depression.

- Press Trust of India

The weather system crossed the West Bengal-Bangladesh coasts between Sagar Island and Khepupara on Thursday morning. Additionally, strong westerlies are likely to continue at lower tropospheric levels over Kerala and Lakshadweep region during the next two to three days, the weather agency said.

The adverse weather caused the uprooting of trees and dealt damages to the power sector, and also strengthened the possibilities of flash floods due to intense spells of rainfall, landslides, and damages to vulnerable structures.

The IMD issued red alerts for eight districts—Kasaragod, Kannur, Idukki, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Pathanamthitta, Ernakulam, and Kottayam—and orange alerts for the remaining districts on Thursday.