In Bengaluru flood, a pre-monsoon lesson

Mango showers, or pre-monsoon downpours, are not uncommon in Bengaluru. What the city is now getting familiar with, however, is the havoc in its wake that has made headlines over the past few years.

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Flooded apartment complexes, drowned roads, drifting vehicles, and casualty counts—three persons died in the downpour on Monday—have displaced the happy recounting of cooling showers that made Bengaluru summers tolerable.