Yellow alert in Bengaluru: Watch for heavy rain and waterlogged roads


Several reports of falling trees/branches and water logging on highways prompted the Bruhit Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to take immediate action. The control center received complaints of falling trees in Hanoor areas and water logging on a road in Vasant Nagar and other places till 9 pm on Monday.

Updated on 10 October 2023 | 10:48 AM IST

Bangalore: Bengaluru received heavy rain yesterday evening, resulting in water logging in areas including ORR, Mahadevpura, and Manita Tech Park Road. The IMD has issued a yellow alert for Tuesday, predicting moderate to heavy rains in the next few days.

Scenes of drivers shouting slogans on congested, flooded roads were frequent. Deurabesinhalli along outer ring road, Salem under bridge at Mahadevpura, Rupina Agrahara along Hosur road, Nanandahalli along Mysuru road, Haraluru Junction, Hosur road, Railway underpass, Seshadripuram, Dhananjaya Palace Road, Vijayanagar, Nananagar at Heavy water accumulation is reported. Bannerghatta Road, Anil Kumble Circle Traffic police were brought in to control slow moving traffic on all these routes. Heavy rain trapped drivers in some areas, and they were unable to leave until the storm abated.

(Reporting by Video Thoyajakshi Shekhar)

Scenes of Bengaluru after flooding engulf the streets.

A citizen posted a video of his car getting stuck due to waterlogging.

Several reports of falling trees/branches and water logging on highways prompted the Bruhit Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to take immediate action. The control center received complaints of falling trees in Hanoor areas and water logging on a road in Vasant Nagar and other places till 9 pm on Monday. Bengaluru city received 4 cm of rain, and HAL airport received 5 cm of rain, according to IMD observation data collected till 8.30 pm.

According to IMD Bengaluru chief Prasad, the city will witness heavy rain and thundershowers over the next three days, and a yellow alert has been issued for the region. in the second half of the day. Heavy rains will occur around 6 pm and late evening rain is expected during the next three days,” according to Mr. Prasad.

Tuesday’s IMD forecast calls for “generally cloudy skies, light to moderate rain and thundershowers, more likely during evening and night” similar forecasts 11 and The forecast for October 12 is: “Generally cloudy skies with a chance of light rain in some areas in the evening and night.”

Mr. Prasad said that around 7 to 8 cm of rain is expected in Bengaluru areas in the coming days. The increase in rainfall since Sunday is attributed to a trough extending from Rayalaseema region to Kanyakumari that passes through Tamil Nadu. Consequently, various parts of South Interior Karnataka, including Bengaluru, are likely to witness these heavy rains till October 12, after which rainfall is expected to taper off.

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