Downpour in coastal and south
interior Karnataka; more rain
predicted
Five persons were killed in flash
floods as rain continued to lash
coastal and south interior Karnataka
on Thursday. Hundreds were
evacuated from low-lying areas in
Dakshina Kannada and districts in
the Malnad region.
Mahabala Moolya (24) of Pararimane
in Bantwal drowned in a canal in the
early hours of Thursday. Kallandar
(21), an electrician, was washed
away in a stream near Harekala.
Razak Ibrahim (20) and Izaz
Aboobacker (19) from Bantwal in
Dakshina Kannada were also washed
away when they went to wash their
feet in a river.
Zulfikar (33), riding a two-wheeler
near Balehonnur in Chikmagalur
district, was washed away in floods
caused by a heavy downpour on
Wednesday night.
Brace for more
During the last 24 hours, Dakshina
Kannada, Udupi, Uttara Kannada,
Shimoga, Hassan, Chikmagalur and
Kodagu received “widespread
rainfall”, according to the Karnataka
State Natural Disaster Monitoring
Centre (KSNDMC). The
meteorological centre has forecast
“very heavy to heavy rainfall” in
coastal and south interior Karnataka
in the next 48 hours.
Parts of Dakshina Kannada received
“extremely heavy rainfall” on
Thursday, according to the
meteorological centre here.
Subrahmanya received 45 cm and
Dharmasthala 33 cm.
In Dakshina Kannada, people in
areas such as Kallapu on the
outskirts of Mangalore used boats to
reach safe areas, while officials and
Fire Services personnel evacuated
people in other areas. Several
houses collapsed and some bridges
were damaged in the deluge.
Officials have opened gruel centres
at many places.
Several areas along the Netravati,
which is in spate after incessant
rain in its catchment areas for the
last two days, were flooded. Its
tributary, the Kumaradhara, is also
flowing above the danger level.
In Hassan and Chikmagalur districts,
normal life was affected in several
parts. Low-lying areas, particularly
in Sakaleshpur, Alur in Hassan
district and Sringeri, Mudigere and
N.R. Pura taluks in Chikmagalur
district are inundated.
Following landslides at three places
in the Western Ghats, trains
connecting Yeshwantpur (Bangalore)
and Kannur were cancelled on
Wednesday night. The Railways
cleared the tracks on Thursday.
In Shimoga district, the Tunga, the
Bhadra, the Sharavati, the Varahi
and the Varada continue to be in
spate, though rain receded on
Thursday. Road traffic between
Shimoga and Tirthahalli was
suspended for the second
consecutive day.
The water-level in the Linganamakki
and Bhadra reservoirs has increased
by six feet each in a span of 24
hours. Though Mysore district
received less than normal rainfall in
three of the seven taluks, with
copious rain in the neighbouring
district of Kodaguthe inflow into the
dams is encouraging.
As against the full reservoir level
(FRL) of 124.8 ft at Krishnaraja Sagar
(KRS), the water-level on Thursday
was 93.3 ft (6 a.m. reading) while it
was 73.8 ft during the corresponding
period last year.
http://m.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/five-die-in-flash-floods-in-karnataka/article4881813.ece/?maneref=http%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com%2Fl.php%3Fu%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.thehindu.com%252Fnews%252Fnational%252Fkarnataka%252Ffive-die-in-flash-floods-in-karnataka%252Farticle4881813.ece%26h%3DcAQEHwDzN%26enc%3DAZM3ZRC9ikIPiTemz1zN_wHdFDw7UEEqrXCzvWuCaTwBtK3yktunYHA-Zvrgjpv5jE3qqhMYswBZCvJa1bTekSXlS_ST8fTJbf7QdSIexmTWaRUFXN8WPaXvA34mr7Sd9x5ct7zMM87m_v4fS2PmBZsT%26s%3D1
