MET issues second orange alert within the span of a month
29 މެއި 2020 | ހުކުރު 13:58MET issued an orange alert for the first time in Maldives on May 15
Southernmost Addu City is one of the region that have experienced severe flooding during this monsoon
The Maldives Meteorological Service (MET) has issued the second orange alert in the Maldives, for the second time within the span of a month, predicting possible floods this time.
MET office issued the orange alert from Haa Alif atoll to Shaviyani atoll, after predicting torrential rain showers and thunderstorms, with a possibility of flooding in the northern atolls.
The advisory is in effect from 6:30pm to 8pm.
The second orange alerts comes among numerous alerts, both white and yellow throughout the country as the Maldives continues to experience strong monsoon activities that are wreaking havoc in their wake.
Some of the regions that have been more severely affected include islands in the south, where flooding have damages household properties and strong winds have uprooted trees and torn of roofs of a few households.
The alert orange also confirms that an Indian Ocean wide Tsunami of high impact to the Maldives.
The general forecast predicts the country to experience scattered rain showers with isolated rain and thunderstorms over the island nation.
Further, MET predicted surface winds to vary from west to northwesterly in central and norther atolls, and south to south westerly in the south, at 8 – 18 miles per hour.
Winds are expected to increase 45 miles per hour during showers.
Seas are predicted to be moderate becoming rough during showers throughout the country and the department also urges caution against the adverse weather conditions as swell wave surges are also predicted in the south and central atolls during high tides.
