IMD forecasts heavy rains in Dakshina Kannada district, issues red alert for next two days
Mangaluru: As Monsoon rains intensify across Dakshina Kannada district , the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for the coastal district on June 10 and 11.
The met department has also forecasted heavy rains accompanied with thunder for the next two days.
In addition, an orange alert has been issued in the district on June 12, followed by yellow alert on June 13 and 14.
The district recorded a maximum temperature of 30.2 degrees Celsius and a minimum temperature of 23.1 degrees Celsius. Ullal recorded the maximum rainfall of 37.1 mm till Sunday morning, while the district's average rainfall stood at 38 mm.
Other recorded rainfall amounts include Belthangady with 23.4 mm, Bantwal with 24.8 mm, Mangaluru with 35.9 mm, Puttur with 31 mm, Sulya with 20.7 mm, Moodbidire with 29.9 mm, and Kadaba with 20.2 mm.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
