Bengaluru: India's Silicon Valley, continues to break its maximum temperature records, reaching another high of 38.5 degrees Celsius on April 28, according to solo weather forecaster Bengaluru Weather on X (formerly Twitter). The city is grappling with scorching temperatures as the mercury soared to 38 degrees Celsius on Sunday, marking the highest in the last eight years and the fourth hottest on record for April. While this reading falls just shy of the all-time high of 39.2 degrees Celsius set in 2016, experts warn that record levels may soon be breached. Amid this heatwave in Karnataka, residents of Bengaluru are eagerly awaiting rainfall., Bengaluru News - Times Now
Four people have died in rain-related incidents in Karnataka, with heavy rainfall causing destruction of property and damage to houses. Vehicular movement has been disrupted and many roads flooded.
Rainfall continues to wreak havoc in Karnataka's Kodagu district. The Talakaveri range and the Brahmagiri hill range have become the epicentres of this deluge, resulting in a surge of water coursing through the Kaveri River. The overflowing Kaveri River has alarmed the residents as there is the looming threat of floods engulfing the area., India News, Times Now
Heavy downpours over the past two days in many parts of Karnataka, especially the coastal and southern region, brought hopes of a good harvest for farmers staring at a drought-like situation due to inadequate rains in the last two months.
Karnataka Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda on Monday said that a high alert has been issued for the week ahead in the state amid prospects of heavy rains and the District Collectors have been asked to be in a state of preparedness, he said.