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Sufficient warning was given: IMD
The Hindu
‘The agency had issued orange alerts for heavy to very heavy rainfall five days in advance’
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had provided sufficient warning to the State regarding heavy rainfall activity, IMD director general Mrutyunjay Mohapatra has said.
The weather agency had issued orange alerts for heavy to very heavy rainfall five days in advance. Orange-level alerts were upgraded to ‘red’ on October 16, when the rainfall activity peaked, Dr. Mohapatra said.
“District-level warnings were issued by the Meteorological Centre there (Thiruvananthapuram). IMD Headquarters was providing the subdivision-level warnings,”' he said, adding that Nowcast warnings, for every three hours, were being issued as well.
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