Marine experts warned that coastal areas in Kerala will witness an increasing trend of sea surge in the coming years due to rise in sea surface temperature.
Experts are of the view that such storm surges are likely to occur in the coast increasingly in coming years with the rapid warming of the waters in the Indian Ocean, according to the release.
Cyclonic winds help form storm surge in the waters which results in high waves, sea erosion and flooding in the coastal hamlets. This was evidently seen recently, especially in coastal areas like Chellanam.