Bengaluru on Sunday witnessed record-breaking rainfall, causing widespread disruptions across the city. The
Karnataka capital broke a 133-year-old record for the highest single-day rainfall in June.
Until midnight, the city received an unprecedented 111 mm of rainfall, making it the wettest day in June to date.
As per the officials of the India Meteorological Department (IMD),
Bengaluru, the city had earlier recorded 101.6 mm of rainfall on June 16, 1891.
Looking at the current situation, the weather department has issued a yellow alert for the city and predicted a cloudy sky with
frequent spells of rain accompanied by thundershowers until June 5.
Moreover, additional rainfall is anticipated between June 8 and 9.
On Sunday, heavy rainfall led to waterlogging in multiple areas, causing significant traffic disruptions and affecting the metro services for some time.
Surprisingly, the city has even completed its monthly quota of rainfall.
In June, the average rainfall in Bengaluru is about 110.3mm. Over the last two days, Bengaluru reported more than 120mm of rainfall, IMD officials said.
The heavy rainfall throughout the evening and night in major areas left behind a massive infrastructural mess as the civic bodies struggled to cope with the situation.
According to reports, over 100 trees were uprooted in several areas, while branches of more than 500 trees fell on roads, houses, and vehicles inflicting severe damage to properties.
Earlier, the Trinity Metro Station on the Purple Line of Bengaluru Metro had faced disruption in services after an uprooted tree fell on the metro track. Later on, the services were restored.
“Today normalcy of service on the entire Purple Line has been restored and trains are running as per schedule from Challaghatta to Whitefield,” Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited said.
Monsoon update In its daily bulletin, the IMD on Monday afternoon stated that the southwest monsoon further advanced into some parts of Karnataka and other nearby regions today.
“Conditions are favourable for further advance of Southwest Monsoon into remaining parts of central Arabian Sea, remaining parts of Karnataka, some parts of south Maharashtra, Goa, remaining parts Rayalaseema, Telangana and Coastal Andhra Pradesh, some parts of south Chhattisgarh and south Odisha, some more parts of West-central and Northwest Bay of Bengal during next 4-5 days,” the weather department said.
It has predicted fairly widespread to widespread light to moderate rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds, ranging from 30-40 kmph, over Karnataka during the next five days.
