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Hindustan TimesKottayam, Idukki and Ernakulam are under red alert while an orange alert has been issued in the remaining districts of Kerala barring Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam and Kasargod as per the India Meteorological Department's district rainfall forecast, today at 10am. The agency had also pointed out that monsoon had set in over Kerala three days prior to its normal onset date on June 1. The Kerala government has released figures in a press release stating that 166 relief camps have been set up in various districts and 4,639 people have been relocated there from disaster-hit or disaster-prone areas. Expressing concern over a new trend called "flood tourism", Kerala's revenue minister K Rajan urged the people of the state to strictly avoid going to areas which are inundated or flooded.