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A red alert has been issued to coastal Karnataka, which only recently recovered from heavy rain that pounded the districts in the second half of September. Some districts such as Udupi bore the brunt of flooding as a result of extremely heavy rainfall.
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Red alert for the region has been issued for October 13. Yellow alert — warning of heavy rainfall — has been issued for October 12, 14, and 16.
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In the northern and inland parts of the state. Rainfall is expected from 12 to 14 am. Thundershowers in Bidar, Kalaburgi, Bagalkot, Yadagiri, Raichur, Vijayapur, Belgaum, Dharwad, Gadag and Haveri are also expected.
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The State had received 27% excess rainfall during June to September, which is the monsoon period, which was higher than last year’s southwest monsoon’s average rainfall for the period — 23%. As against the normal 840.7 mm, the State received 1,063.9 mm rainfall during the period.
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Unlike last year, this year none of the districts in the State saw deficit rainfall.
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Likely to cause widespread rain in the southern inland of the state. State Meteorological Department Director CS Patil has reported that more rain is expected in the next 24 hours in Bengaluru. Rainfall is expected not only in Karnataka but also in Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Rayalaseema and Maharashtra.Andaman and Nicobar have been raining heavily since yesterday.
