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India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a yellow alert for three districts—Thiruvananthapuram, Pathanamthitta, and Ernakulam—warning of isolated heavy rains on Friday. A cyclonic circulation lies over the southeast Arabian Sea and neighbourhood. Under the influence of the system, the State is likely to receive widespread showers for the next five days, said a weather bulletin issued by the IMD on Thursday.