Weather Warning Color Codes - Know the Meaning of Each Color
Weather Warning Color Codes - Know the Meaning of Each Color
Alert of many colors used to tell weather conditions, Red tells dangerous situation.Often, we read the news of the weather as if the red alert is issued somewhere, orange at someplace. The Indian Meteorological Department has issued Orange Alert on Monday (24th of September) in Delhi too. Meanwhile, Orange Alert imposed in all the districts of Kerala has been withdrawn. But many people have trouble in understanding what the alert means.
The weather department issues red alerts, orange alerts, yellow alerts etc. to warn of weather related issues. Many times in the newspaper are displayed as red, orange, yellow and green alert lines on the map of India. The Meteorological Department says that colors are selected in conjunction with many agencies.
According to the Meteorological Department, alerts of these colors are used to give information about gushing heat, cold wave, monsoon or cyclonic storm etc. In the same way, color code is also used to describe the fury of cyclonic storms. That means color changes through fear.