Kerala receives widespread rains; yellow alert in seven districts
Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): Various parts of Kerala received widespread rains on Monday with the northeast monsoon being active across the state.
With rain intensifying, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a yellow alert in seven southern districts.
A yellow alert means heavy rainfall between 6 cm and 11 cm.
As per the latest IMD alert, there is a possibility of moderate to heavy rainfall in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam and Idukki districts on Monday.
Heavy rains (7 cm to 11 cm in 24 hours) are very likely to occur at one or two places in the state. Thunderstorms, lightning and gusty wind are likely to accompany the rainfall, the IMD added.
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Karnataka: Woman, son killed after motorcycle collides with stationary tipper
Mangaluru (Karnataka) (PTI): A woman and her son were killed after their motorcycle collided with a stationary tipper truck in Dakshina Kannada district, police said on Wednesday.
The accident occurred on Mahaveer College road in Moodbidri municipal limits in this district on Tuesday evening, they said.
The deceased were identified as 68-year-old Prema Shetty and her 30-year-old son Srinivas Shetty, residents of Neeralkatte in Gantalkatte, police said.
Srinivas was a daily-wage labourer, they said.
According to police, the two were travelling on motorcycle from Moodbidri towards Gantalkatte when they allegedly rammed into the tipper truck parked on the roadside near a petrol bunk.
Prema died on the spot, while Srinivas sustained critical injuries and later succumbed at a hospital, a senior police officer said.
The family had suffered a similar tragedy last year when Prema's younger son died in a rickshaw accident.
Moodbidri police are investigating.
