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The Meteorological Department has issued a red alert due to the intense rainfall. Consequently, District Commissioner Vidya Kumari announced a complete holiday for educational institutions across the district on Monday. However, the holiday does not apply to degree, postgraduate, diploma, and ITI colleges.
Despite heavy rains on Sunday evening, no holiday was initially declared, causing inconvenience for many students. The district administration has now provided a helpline for natural disaster-related assistance at 1077 and 0820-2574802.
The Karnataka Meteorological Department has forecasted heavy rainfall for the next five days in coastal districts such as Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, and Uttara Kannada. Strong winds are expected to accompany the rain in these regions. A rain belt is predicted to form at altitudes between 4.5 to 7.6 kilometers, tilting southward with average sea level height, leading to heavy rainfall in the coastal districts.
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In northern inland districts such as Belagavi, Bagalkote, Bidar, Kalaburagi, Yadgir, Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri, Koppal, Raichur, and Vijayapura, light to moderate rain and thunderstorms with wind speeds of 40-50 km/h are anticipated.
Southern inland districts, including Ballari, Bengaluru Rural, Bengaluru Urban, Chamarajanagar, Chikkaballapur, Chitradurga, Davanagere, Kodagu, Kolar, Mandya, Mysuru, Ramanagara, Tumakuru, and Vijayanagar, are expected to experience light to moderate rain with continuous winds reaching speeds of 30-40 km/h. The Karnataka Meteorological Department predicts that after July 13, the rainfall intensity will decrease, resulting in moderate rain.
For any assistance related to the weather conditions, residents can contact the district administration’s helpline at 1077 or 0820-2574802.