Karnataka to receive heavy rains, predicts IMD; Orange alert issued

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy rain in several Karnataka districts. Few places have been notified with an orange alert. Rainfall has also hit north Karnataka.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy rain and strong winds for another two days in Bengaluru.

Orange alerts had been issued in Hassan, Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Chikmagalur and Shimoga districts, IMD Director (Weather and Forecast) C.S. Patil said. The maximum temperature will be around 25 degrees Celsius and the minimum will be around 20 degrees.

"Heavy to Very Heavy Rainfall at a few places with extremely heavy falls at isolated places very likely over Konkan and Goa and heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places over Coastal Karnataka and at isolated places over Madhya Maharashtra, Telangana and Interior Karnataka," said the alert issued on July 15.

Already, continuous rainfall has thrown life out of gear all across the state. A 70-year-old man died due to drowning in an overflowing rivulet in Kodagu on Wednesday.

Incidents of landslides have been reported from the Dakshina Kannada district where roads are being inundated by overflowing rivers. Many districts in Karnataka including Bidar, Kalaburgi, Raichur, Yadgir in north Karnataka are also affected by the rainfall.

(With inputs from IANS)