More showers likely over the next two days
APRIL 02, 2018 20:54 IST
UPDATED: APRIL 02, 2018 20:54 IST
A sudden gust, thunderstorms and heavy rain lashed many parts of the city on Monday as Bengaluru continues to be under the spell of pre-monsoon showers.
While the Indian Meteorological Department recorded 5.8mm of rainfall at its centre on Palace Road, the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC) said the highest rainfall that the city received was 32.5mm in east Bengaluru.
Roads were water-logged while power supply was disrupted. According to Bengaluru Electricity Supply Company, 11 trees or their branches had fallen on electric wires, while one pole was reported broken. The electricity utility received over 1,000 calls. Much of the damage was in south Bengaluru.
Apart from this, tree falls disrupted traffic movement in Sahakaranagar and Sultanpalya.
Thunderstorms are expected over the next few days, striking in the evening after a warm day. IMD officials said a trough of cyclonic circulation extending a vast area stretching from South Interior Karnataka to North Chhattisgarh remained and would see rains for the next 48 hours at least. “While there could be variations year on year, these thunder showers are a small-scale phenomenon. The weather could be sunny and warm and can suddenly turn cloudy,” said an official.
Two struck by lightning in Bagepalli
Two people were killed as lighting struck them at a village in Bagepalli taluk of Chickballapur district in the rain and hailstorm that lashed Kolar and Chickballapur districts on Monday evening.
The victims have been identified as Sadashiv, 45, and Narasimhappa, 70, residents of Ramanoddampalli. The tragedy struck when both of them were sitting near a temple in the village.
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It’s raining hailstones: Heavy showers cause havoc in city
As of 8.30 pm on Monday, the maximum and minimum temperatures over the last 24 hours were 33.5 and 23.1 degrees celsius in Bengaluru | Vinod kumar t
BENGALURU: The city experienced a thunderstorm for about half an hour, accompanied by strong winds and hailstones on Monday evening. The short spell of rain threw traffic out of gear across the city, uprooted at least 11 trees, and caused power cuts in many areas.
As per the data obtained from Google Maps, traffic jams occurred at Marathahalli, HSR Layout, Jayanagar, Bannerghatta Road, Whitefield, Old Airport Road and parts of Outer Ring Road.
BESCOM received a total of 1,066 complaints from across the city in just three hours, between 4 pm and 7 pm. By 7 pm, they had attended to 251 of them. BESCOM also got reports of 11 trees being uprooted across the city. One of them fell on an electric pole in Koramangala 2nd block and and broke it.
According to Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre’s (KSNDMC) website, Bengaluru Urban district received rainfall in the range of 0 to 33 mm, with an average of 4.34 mm.
As of 8.30 pm on Monday, the maximum and minimum temperatures over the last 24 hours were 33.5 and 23.1 degrees. As per KSNDMC director, Dr G S Srinivasa Reddy, the thundershowers tallied with the earlier prediction, and similar conditions may persist till April 9.
“On Tuesday and Wednesday, isolated and scattered rainfall is predicted over South Interior Karnataka. After April 7, coastal parts of the state and Malnad could also get rainfall,” he said.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) released a circular which forecasts thunderstorms accompanied by gusty winds at isolated places over several districts including Bengaluru Rural and Bengaluru Urban on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The other districts are Chitradurga, Chikkaballapura, Chikkamagaluru, Chamarajanagara, Hassan, Kolar, Kodagu, Mandya, Mysuru, Ramanagara and Tumakuru districts of South Interior Karnataka. The reason for the rainfall is a wind-discontinuity or trough formed in the atmosphere extending from Odisha to Tamil Nadu and passing over Karnataka, Reddy said.Tamil Nadu, too, is getting good rainfall for the same reason, he said. He added that hailstones were expected and such pre-monsoon showers were often accompanied by them.
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It’s raining hailstones: Heavy showers cause havoc in city
As of 8.30 pm on Monday, the maximum and minimum temperatures over the last 24 hours were 33.5 and 23.1 degrees celsius in Bengaluru | Vinod kumar t
BENGALURU: The city experienced a thunderstorm for about half an hour, accompanied by strong winds and hailstones on Monday evening. The short spell of rain threw traffic out of gear across the city, uprooted at least 11 trees, and caused power cuts in many areas.
As per the data obtained from Google Maps, traffic jams occurred at Marathahalli, HSR Layout, Jayanagar, Bannerghatta Road, Whitefield, Old Airport Road and parts of Outer Ring Road.
BESCOM received a total of 1,066 complaints from across the city in just three hours, between 4 pm and 7 pm. By 7 pm, they had attended to 251 of them. BESCOM also got reports of 11 trees being uprooted across the city. One of them fell on an electric pole in Koramangala 2nd block and and broke it.
According to Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre’s (KSNDMC) website, Bengaluru Urban district received rainfall in the range of 0 to 33 mm, with an average of 4.34 mm.
As of 8.30 pm on Monday, the maximum and minimum temperatures over the last 24 hours were 33.5 and 23.1 degrees. As per KSNDMC director, Dr G S Srinivasa Reddy, the thundershowers tallied with the earlier prediction, and similar conditions may persist till April 9.
“On Tuesday and Wednesday, isolated and scattered rainfall is predicted over South Interior Karnataka. After April 7, coastal parts of the state and Malnad could also get rainfall,” he said.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) released a circular which forecasts thunderstorms accompanied by gusty winds at isolated places over several districts including Bengaluru Rural and Bengaluru Urban on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The other districts are Chitradurga, Chikkaballapura, Chikkamagaluru, Chamarajanagara, Hassan, Kolar, Kodagu, Mandya, Mysuru, Ramanagara and Tumakuru districts of South Interior Karnataka. The reason for the rainfall is a wind-discontinuity or trough formed in the atmosphere extending from Odisha to Tamil Nadu and passing over Karnataka, Reddy said.Tamil Nadu, too, is getting good rainfall for the same reason, he said. He added that hailstones were expected and such pre-monsoon showers were often accompanied by them.
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