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October 22, 2025 7:57 AM

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IMD Issues Red Alert for Heavy Rainfall in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Other Regions

 
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red-colour warning for heavy to very heavy rainfall over Kerala, Mahe, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal for today. The weather agency also forecasts heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely at isolated places over Andhra Pradesh, Coastal Karnataka and South Interior Karnataka. IMD predicted heavy rainfall very likely at isolated places over the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep. According to IMD, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Konkan and Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal, and Uttarakhand can experience thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds today.

 

IMD has said that the low-pressure area formed over the Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a depression. An alert for heavy rain has been issued for Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Northern Andhra Pradesh. In Tamil Nadu, holidays have been declared for schools in Chennai, Chengalpattu, and Kanchipuram due to heavy rainfall.

 

Meanwhile, the air quality in Delhi-NCR continues to remain in the poor category. According to the Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi’s air quality index was recorded at 345 at 7 AM this morning. The sub-committee of the Commission for Air Quality Management has already imposed Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP)-2 restrictions in the National Capital Region. An Air Quality Index between 0 and 50 is considered good, 51 and 100 satisfactory, 101 and 200 moderate, 201 and 300 poor, and 301 and 400 destitute. An AQI between 401 and 450 is considered severe.