Incessant rains in central and southern parts of Karnataka, including the state capital Bengaluru caused water-logging and traffic congestion.
Karnataka rains: The Meteorological Department issued an orange alert for Bengaluru, prompting authorities to declare a holiday for schools in the city.
Life in some parts of Bengaluru came to a standstill as heavy rain lashed the city on the first two days on June. People shared the visuals of fallen trees on social media.
Karnataka rains: The central Karnataka districts of Davanagere, Chitradurga, south Karnataka districts of Bengaluru Rural, Chamarajanagar, Tumakuru, Shivamogga, Mandya, Mysuru, Chikkaballapura, Hassan, Kodagu are going to receive good rainfall.
Noting that there were a lot of expectations from the people after the new government came to power, the CM said the dispensation has to live up to their expectations and officials should also become active.
Without realising the intensity of the water stagnating at the underpass, the car driver tried to zoom past, but the car almost submerged in the middle.
Bengaluru, which the British rulers had called a 'City of thousand lakes' for having over 1,600 lakes, has just about 400 water bodies left today. Even those 400 lakes are also on the verge of destruction.
Bengaluru rains: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said that heavy rainfall is likely to occur in south interior Karnataka, including the city, for the next two days.
Bengaluru rains: Other videos from the city show posh BMWs and Audis in water. Bengaluru's Epsilon society, which houses CEOs from top companies like Byjus also is completely flooded.
Bengaluru rains: The situation in several parts of rain battered Bengaluru, by and large continued to remain the same until Tuesday night. IMD has predicted that rains might continue for 2-3 days.
Bengaluru Floods: Yemalur Main Road, which connects HAL Airport Road and tech areas like Bellandur on Outer Ring Road in Bengaluru, is flooded, making people opt for tractors to reach their offices.
Bengaluru on yellow alert: Residents of Bengaluru are facing a tough time due to heavy rainfall. Several areas of the Silver city were waterlogged leading to massive traffic jam.
Bengaluru rains: Due to heavy waterlogging, the people of Bengaluru have been using tractors and boats were used to ferry students and office goers in the morning.
Karnataka weather update: Heavy rains lashed several low-lying areas in Bengaluru's Outer Ring Road, Whitefield, Varthur, and Sarjapur Road and their adjoining areas.
Bengaluru Rains: As people find it difficult to commute, they took to social media and dropped photos and videos of the unpleasant situation and severely waterlogged areas near their houses.
The IMD, in its bulletin, stated that coastal and south interior Karnataka is likely to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall with isolated thunderstorms and lightning.
The continuous rain affected 12 districts of north Karnataka, coastal Karnataka, and Malnad region. It is estimated that some 830 houses collapsed, 15 school buildings were damaged and 8,733 people, including women and children, have been shifted to safer places across the state.
Bengaluru received heavy rains early on Wednesday after which the weather in the city turned pleasant. The rains, which lasted a few hours, also brought a dip in the temperature. Pictures and videos of Bengaluru rains were posted online by locals.
Bengaluru has received nearly double the normal amount of rainfall for the month of September. It received 295 mm of rain from September 1 to 26 as against the normal of 148 mm.
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