Not Out Of The Woods Yet, As IMD Predicts Heavy Rains In Bengaluru For Two More Days

A relatively clear day on Wednesday had given hopes to a large section of Bengaluru residents about their lives getting back to normal, but it seems like they have to wait at least a few more days.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday said that the ¡°worst is not over yet¡±, predicting heavy downpour in India's IT capital for the next two days. The weather office said that "heavy to very heavy rainfall" is likely over a few places in coastal and south interior Karnataka on Thursday and Friday, and interior Karnataka on Friday and Saturday.

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Rains back in Bengaluru

On Thursday morning, Sarjapur Road and Marathahalli stretches in Bengaluru received heavy rains.

Bellandur, Kaikondralli and Soulu lakes are overflowing and water has started gushing towards residential localities. If rains don't stop, many more regions are likely to come under water. Waterlogging continued at EcoSpace Business Park.

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Bengaluru had received 131.6mm rain overnight on September 5, the third highest rainfall in the city in the last 30 years.

According to the weather office, the city recorded 251.4 mm of rain in the last four days.

Residents start retuning to flooded apartments

The resumption of rains is bad news for residents of flood-hit localities and apartments, who had moved out to safer locations like either relatives' or friends' places or hotels and had started getting back to their homes to assess the damage and to carry out cleaning work.

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"With the situation improving slightly, I have come to check my house, and to get it cleaned, but there seems to be a shortage of pumps to remove the remaining water, as they are in good demand now, also labourers to remove sludge. Will have to look out for them now. There is also a power cut...hope we don't receive more heavy rains," a resident at a locality near Yemalur said.

Apartments, homes left with no power, water supply

Many who came back on Wednesday returned to blacked-out apartment complexes as generators and power backup equipment in basements have been damaged in flood waters.'

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According to officials restoring power supply to apartments whose basements are still waterlogged is not safe.

Red alert in parts of Karnataka

It is not just Bengaluru, that is facing the rain furry.

A red alert has been issued in the coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada and Udupi for Thursday. An orange alert has been issued to Chikkamagalur, Kodagu, and north Karnataka districts Belagavi, Bidar and Raichur on Friday.

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Thunderous rainfall is predicted in these districts and authorities have predicted heavy rains in three coastal districts. Yellow alert has been issued to Bagalkot, Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri, Kalaburagi, Vijayapura, Yadgir, Bidar, Raichur, Ballary, Bengaluru Rural, Chamarajanagar, Hassan, Davanagere, Mysuru, Mandya till Sept 11.

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