04:15 pmThe Indian Navy said it is putting in “maximum effort” to rescue fishermen from the sea, which is very rough under the influence of Cyclone Ockhi. 3:30 pmAlappuzha opens control roomAt least one house was completely destroyed in heavy rain and winds in Kuttanad taluk in Alappuzha. The Met Department has predicted rains at the Lakshadweep area in the next 24 hours and extremely high rainfall above 20 cm in isolated places. @IndiaCoastGuard ships rescued 3 fishermen off Vizhinjam (Kerala coast) this morning and efforts are on to rescue another 5 fishermen sighted off Quilon (Kerala). Contributed to by heavy rain, the inflow into the Periyar dam was registered as 16,022 cusecs and the Vaigai dam as 2,507 cusecs.

Source: The Hindu December 01, 2017 03:20 UTC