Heavy rains delay first Test between India and New Zealand as parts of Bengaluru flood again
The start of the first Test match between India and New Zealand at Bengaluru's M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday has been delayed due to heavy rains in the Karnataka capital. ¡°A wet start to Day 1 in Bengaluru. Heavy rain around M. Chinnaswamy Stadium means the toss will be delayed until further notice,¡± the Blackcaps said in a social media post.
Heavy rains in Bengaluru
The first Test match between India and New Zealand is far from the only thing that has been disrupted by heavy rains in Bengaluru, which received 66.1 mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours until 8.30 am on Wednesday.
The Karnataka government had declared a holiday for educational institutions for Wednesday, while many tech companies have advised employees to work from home due to warnings of heavy rain in the city.
Orange alert in Bengaluru
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) had issued an ¡®orange alert¡¯ for rain in Bengaluru.
The Karnataka government has also deployed the National Disaster Response Force and Karnataka State Disaster Response Force, as well as Fire and Emergency Services, on stand-by for any necessity in the city due to the continued rains.
What is causing floods in Bengaluru
According to Dr N. Puviarasan, the Head of the Meteorology Department, Karnataka will be witnessing rains for the next three days because of a well-marked low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal, and an upper-level trough is also extending up to the south coast in Karnataka.
"Due to the well-marked low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal, and the upper-level trough extending up to the south coast in Karnataka, we are also getting northeast monsoon rainfall... The low-pressure system will move inland tomorrow or the day after, so until then we will have rain for the next three days... We are expecting heavy rainfall today... Tomorrow, we are expecting very heavy rainfall in coastal Karnataka and South Interior Karnataka," Puviarasan said.
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