Heavy rain uproots trees in Bengaluru

Bengaluru: Trees were uprooted near the BTM layout in the city after heavy rain accompanied by strong winds lashed on Sunday, May 24.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted a thunderstorm accompanied with lightning in Karnataka for the next five days.

IMD its All Indian Weather Forecast Bulletin said, “Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning at will prevail at isolated places over Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha, Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam, South Interior Karnataka, Kerala and Mahe and Tamilnadu, Puducherry, and Karaikal.”

According to the forecasting agency, due to strong southerly wind from the Bay of Bengal to northeast India at lower tropospheric levels, heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely heavy falls likely at isolated places over parts of northeastern states

In addition to that heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places over adjoining parts of east India during 24th-28th.

“Heavy rainfall at isolated places over parts south peninsular India from May 26th-28th, 2020,” the IMD said its All Indian Weather Forecast Bulletin.