The girl and her family of five were travelling in the car amid heavy downpour on Sunday and got trapped in neck-deep water at around 3:45 PM at KR Circle underpass.
The family from Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh had hired a car and come to see Bengaluru. Bhanurekha works in Infosys. Due to the downpour, the barricade at the underpass fell down and the driver took the risk of crossing the underpass, which he should not have, CM Siddaramaiah said
The girl and her family of five were travelling in the car amid heavy downpour on Sunday and got trapped in neck-deep water at around 3:45 PM at KR Circle underpass.
According to the IPCC, warming from 1.5°C to 2°C will increase extreme precipitation events across Asia, especially over East and South Asia. Extreme rainfall has direct and increasing consequences on urban flooding risk, which is further exacerbated by urbanization trends that reduce land permeability, divert water flow, and disrupt watersheds.