IMD puts Bengaluru on yellow alert, warns of heavy rains

Bengaluru: Following heavy rains on Sunday in Bengaluru, India Meteorological Department (IMD) put the city under yellow alert (64.5 mm to 115.5 mm of rain).

“Rains in Bengaluru were due to developing low-pressure system in Bay of Bengal. The withdrawing monsoon could also increase the chance of thundershowers in Bengaluru,” IMD officials said.

It also forecasted that  Belagavi, Bagalkot, Vijayapura, Koppal, Raichur and Gadag districts of North Interior Karnataka and Chikkamagaluru, Shivamogga, Kodagu, Kolar, Bengaluru Rural, Bengaluru Urban, Tumakuru, Chikkaballapura and Ramanagara districts of South Interior Karnataka are likely to witness heavy rains over the next few days.