IMD on Tuesday issued an Orange alert for urban, and rural districts of Bengaluru, predicting heavy rainfall for the next 4-5 days.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted heavy rainfall for the next 4-5 days in Bengaluru and also forecasted more rain in the coastal and south interior places with thunder and storms.
The South interior places of the country include Bengaluru, Madikeri, Chikmaglur, Wayanad, Kovalam, and many other cities of Southern India.
Videos of the heavy rainfall have been shared on Twitter with the city submerged in water:
Several areas in Bengaluru have recieved in excess of 80mm of rain this evening. Roads inundated & few low lying areas flooded. Orange alert issued for Wednesday. #bengalururains pic.twitter.com/4fyY5EzTuk
— Harish Upadhya (@harishupadhya) May 17, 2022
A beautiful one!
This is how summer looks like in Bangalore ♥️
Anyone planning to go to any hill station in the the month of May should cancel those plans and visit NAMMA BENGALURU
YOU WON’T REGRET😇#bangalorerains #bengalururains pic.twitter.com/E3Wyrjs8jJ
— Lavina jain (@itslavinaa) May 17, 2022
Cars driving through the floods!
Opposite UB City, Vittal Mallya or Grant Road. Last night. #BengaluruRains pic.twitter.com/qDxzgLkZVU
— DP SATISH (@dp_satish) May 18, 2022
Earlier on Tuesday, the IMD had predicted widespread rainfall in South India, due to a cyclonic circulation that lay over Kerala and neighboring states in the lower and middle tropospheric levels and a north-south trough running from west Vidarbha to north Kerala in lower tropospheric levels.
IMD shared a series of tweets, “Fairly widespread to widespread light/moderate rainfall with isolated thunderstorm/ lightning/ gusty winds very likely over Kerala-Mahe, Tamilnadu, Karnataka, Lakshadweep and Rayalaseema during next five days,”
They also tweeted, “Isolated heavy to very heavy falls very likely over Kerala-Mahe, Tamilnadu, Coastal and South Interior Karnataka during next three days and isolated heavy for subsequent two days.”
During the late hours on Tuesday, the department had also predicted light to moderate rain over some parts of Telangana. Meanwhile, on Monday, the weather forecasting agency announced the further advancement of the Southwest monsoon into the parts of South Bay of Bengal, Andaman Nicobar Islands, and the Andaman Sea. –