Water logging on the streets of Bengaluru after over 3 hours of rain in the city
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- It rained continuously for more than 3 hours in Bengaluru city.
- Incessant rain caused water-logging in many parts of the city.
- It rained after the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange alert.
It rained continuously for more than 3 hours in Bengaluru city, leading to waterlogging in many parts of the city. Some low-lying areas were also flooded and the BBMP is in the process of extracting water.
It rained after the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange alert for some parts of the city. An alert was issued for rural and urban Bengaluru with very heavy rain predicted at isolated places on Wednesday, May 18. The IMD had earlier predicted very heavy to very heavy rains in parts of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala on Tuesday. five days.
The IMD in its bulletin said that heavy to very heavy rainfall with isolated thunderstorms and lightning is very likely over Coastal and South Interior Karnataka. The IMD has said that there is a cyclonic circulation over Lakshadweep region in mid-troposphere levels, and another cyclonic circulation lies over North Tamil Nadu coast in lower troposphere levels.
These cyclonic circulations and strong westerly low level low-lying currents from the Arabian Sea are likely to bring rain over Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
Meanwhile, on Monday, the IMD also said that the southwest monsoon has advanced into the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, indicating the onset of four months of seasonal rains that are crucial for the largely agriculture-dependent economy. Is.
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