Heavy rains lash Bengaluru, images of flooded roads surface on social media

Videos and images of flooded Bengaluru roads surfaced on Twitter minutes after heavy rains lashed the Karnataka capital on Tuesday.

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday said that thundershowers are expected in Bengaluru and adjoining areas over the next five days. IMD has also issued yellow alert (heavy rain) for the state of Karnataka.

IMD Scientist A Prasad has predicetd heavy rainfall in the following districts on Wednesday: Kolar, Tumakuru, Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, Mandya, Chamarjanaagar and Ramanagar. He also added that Bengaluru could experience surface winds of speed upto 40 kmph.

The reason given for this heavy rain is divided into two weather patterns. First, there is an upper air cyclonic circulation over Telagana. Second, trough from south Chattisgarh till interior Tamil Nadu. Trough is an elongated area of relatively low pressure extending from the centre of a region of low pressure.

“A cyclonic circulation lay over south Telangana and other parts of peninsular India, beside a trough extending from south of Chhattisgarh up to Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Under the influence of these developing systems over peninsular India, thunderstorms and gusty wind are likely to occur in many parts of Bengaluru,” explained A Prasad, scientist ‘F’ at IMD Bengaluru.

Agitated citizens took to social media to express their anguish. Many people shared the images and videos of the waterlogged Bengaluru roads while others were trying to predict what’s coming ahead.

One Twitter user wrote, “This is outside RMZ on Old Madras Road today. When it rains it’s scary to go out either walking, riding or driving, we never know which drain we will end up in. So stay indoors.”

“A strong convective system moving towards Chennai and Bengaluru,” wrote another Twitter user while sharing an infrared video of air molecules moving within fluids such as gas and liquid.

‘Karnataka Weather’, a Twitter handle that tracks weather in the state shared a video from Yeshvanthapura area.

Another weather tracking account claimed that the intensity of rain and hailstorms in Bangarpet area are deadly.

Same account was tracking the weather in Bengaluru.

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