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Typhoon Dolphin intensifies monsoon fuels heavy rains in Kerala and J&K
In By early August 2026, the India Meteorological Department warned of severe rain in Kerala as Typhoon Dolphin, moving while remaining over the western Pacific, strengthened westerly winds that fed was amplifying the Arabian Sea monsoon. Orange southwest monsoon across South and Southeast Asia. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued orange alerts covered for seven districts in Kerala and red alerts targeted the most vulnerable areas, with for seven districts, warning of rainfall totals more than double the monthly average and heightened risk of landslides and flooding in the Kuttanad region. landslide risk. The following day, the Philippines’ weather agency PAGASA reported noted that the storm’s circulation was absorbing the remnants of Tropical Depression Maymay were being absorbed by Dolphin’s circulation, which was Maymay, intensifying the southwest monsoon over western Luzon and the Visayas. Orange‑level warnings were issued for a broad swath Visayas and prompting orange‑level warnings. On 5 August, the IMD expanded its warnings, placing additional districts of provinces, Kerala under orange alerts and confirming that Dolphin’s indirect influence had produced 226 mm of rain in the state from 1‑5 August, far above the normal 90.6 mm. The agency also forecast intermittent heavy rain totals of 100‑200 mm in 24 hours were expected, already triggering floods Jammu and landslides Kashmir, where a flash‑flood in northern and central Luzon. Both Udhampur swept away a couple, underscoring the broader impact of the monsoon surge linked to Dolphin. Together, these reports illustrate how Typhoon Dolphin, while remaining outside the immediate areas of impact, amplified Dolphin’s peripheral circulation continued to intensify monsoon activity across South and Southeast Asia, prompting emergency alerts and disaster‑management responses in Kerala activity, driving extreme precipitation, flood and landslide threats across Kerala, the Philippines. Philippines, and now parts of northern India.