No respite for Bengaluru as IMD predicts rains till May 26

Bengaluru woke up to another day of waterlogged roads and heavy traffic jams on May 20 after pre-monsoon rains pounded the city in the early hours of the morning.

- PTI

Between 8.30 a.m. on May 19 and May 20, Bengaluru city station of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) received 37.2 mm rainfall while Bengaluru HAL airport station recorded 46.5 mm rainfall.

The weatherman has forecast moderate to heavy rain or thundershowers accompanied by gusty winds for the next 48 hours in Bengaluru. KSNMDC also issued an advisory for heavy to very heavy rains across Karnataka for the next three days.

The IMD issued a red alert (extremely heavy rainfall above 204.5 mm) for coastal Karnataka on May 21 and until 8.30 a.m. on May 22.

Also, similar forcast was predicted for May 23 to may 26.