Widespread rains cause damage to property in Kerala; heavy downpour predicted in isolated places
Hindustan TimesThiruvananthapuram, The ongoing spell of heavy rains in Kerala has hit normal life, with scores of houses suffering damage, roads being submerged, trees uprooted, flood water entering houses and trains running late as a result of the steady downpour that continued to lash the state on Saturday. Widespread rains cause damage to property in Kerala; heavy downpour predicted in isolated places Flood water entered houses, schools and shops located in low-lying areas of Kuttanad in coastal Alapuzha district. Meanwhile, the Indian Meteorological Department today forecast heavy rainfall at one or two places in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, and Kottayam districts. Four houses have been completely destroyed and 41 suffered partial damage due to torrential downpour in the district where several families were shifted to relief camps in the past few days.