<span style="color: #222222;">Kerala is likely to receive widespread rain accompanied by lightning and thunderstorm for the next five days under the influence of a cyclonic circulation over Rayalaseema and adjacent regions.<br />''<br />''The Met Department has forecast incessant rainfall in central and northern parts of Kerala today and tomorrow.<br />''<br />''Yellow alert has been sounded in Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Idukki, Thrissur, Malappuram, Kozhikode and Wayanad districts today and tomorrow with an exception of Wayanad.  Kannur will also be placed under Yellow alert tomorrow. Since squally weather with strong winds is likely to prevail in the coming days, fishing activities have been suspended off Kerala and Lakshadweep coasts until further notice.</span><br />