Heavy to very heavy rains lashed the coastal districts of Karnataka yesterday that uprooted many trees and caused flash floods. These showers were so intense that it resulted in the inundation of Mangaluru and Udupi. With this, the normal life was severely affected. In fact, school and colleges are expected to remain shut for now.
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These rains can be attributed to the well-marked low pressure area that was over Arabian sea off North Kerala and Karnataka Coast. This weather system has now weakened into a low pressure area and we expect further waning of the system.
So, light to moderate rainfall is expected to continue during the next 24 hours and the weather will start improving after 24 hours as then the rain intensity will reduce.
#Mangalore today! A trailer to what's going to happen in #Mumbai in a couple of weeks Corruption and poor planning is what all our cities have in common! pic.twitter.com/iNU03yla0G
— Faye DSouza (@fayedsouza) May 29, 2018
Heavy rainfall since morning in Mangalore. This pic is of Pumpwell circle. Mangalore is flooding #MangaloreRain @MangaloreCity pic.twitter.com/jFaC3ULcFh — Anand Hegde (@hegdemacha) May 29, 2018
Thanks to #Karnataka elections..they've dug up entire #Mangalore city.. to prove god knows what.. just 1 huge pour down and it looks like this.. pic.twitter.com/fQ1DYhPOfL
— Kavya (@KavyaBangera) May 29, 2018
The #Monsoons are here.. pix sent by a colleague from Mangalore.. @CNNnews18 pic.twitter.com/7tHSKPziuJ — Deepa Balakrishnan (@deepab18) May 29, 2018
Heavy Rains in Mangalore since early morning. pic.twitter.com/3XL7XgyyEu
— Louvina Andrade (@LouvinaA) May 29, 2018
#Mangaluru flooded #heavyrainfall recorded for the first time in the history @ Mangalore pic.twitter.com/1eJxdv2bjl pic.twitter.com/QNDp2H2Ovv — Yeshma Nanjappa (@yashmasunil) May 29, 2018
#MangaluruFlooded #mangaluru #mangalore rains #mangalurucyclone pic.twitter.com/mFccEI9e1t
— joy clinton lobo (@joyloboclinton) May 29, 2018
Heavy rains in #Mangalore Stay safe! Python spotted near kudroli pic.twitter.com/gtxR8iVoxY
— Habil Mohidin (@IamHabeel) May 29, 2018
@CMofKarnataka @PMOIndia @INCKarnataka @BJP4Karnataka. Pictures from Mangalore... Heavy Rain in Mangalore & Coastal Area. People are in Trouble.... Plz HELP people... pic.twitter.com/Pl7z93jK2G — Irshad Venur (@muhammadirshad6) May 29, 2018
Heavy Rain in Mangalore. Today. pic.twitter.com/axxQCWBUFH
— A.G.M.SWAMI (@agmswami) May 29, 2018
In the wake of these floods, many casualties were reported and rescue operations are still underway. Karnataka government's State Emergency Operation Centre, Revenue Department (Disaster Management) have instructed all telecom and mobile service providers to maintain optimum connectivity in Mangaluru and Udupi. Quick response team has been formed by mobile service providers to restore connectivity immediately in the case of disruption.
Heavy rains in Mangaluru and Udupi @NDRFHQ army alerted. @KarFireDept in ground, SRDF and QRT civil defence will join if required — Revenue Secretary-DM (@SEOC_Karnataka) May 29, 2018
For any assistance related to heavy rains in Mangaluru and Udupi kindly tweet with hastag #SOSMangaluru #SOSUdupi tagging our handle. NDRF team is on its way to Mangaluru to assist District Administration @DDChandanaNews @PIBBengaluru @KarnatakaVarthe — Revenue Secretary-DM (@SEOC_Karnataka) May 29, 2018
We have instructed all telecom and mobile service providers to maintain optimum connectivity in #Mangaluru and #Udupi in light of heavy rainfall, Quick response team formed by mobile service providers to restore connectivity immediately in case of disruption @ndmaindia @DoT_India — Revenue Secretary-DM (@SEOC_Karnataka) May 29, 2018
For any assistance due to #heavy rains in #Mengaluru and #Udupi, kindly tweet using hastag #SOSMangaluru #SOSMangaluru indicating your location, our officers will get in touch with you @compolmlr @tv9kannada @publictvnews — Revenue Secretary-DM (@SEOC_Karnataka) May 29, 2018
Do's and Don'ts during Floods #Mangaluru #Udupi pic.twitter.com/SNuKG9HQBV — NDMA India (@ndmaindia) May 29, 2018
PM Narendra Modi spoke to the officials and asked them to ensure all possible assistance in the affected areas in Karnataka.
I pray for the safety and wellbeing of all those affected by heavy rains in various parts of Karnataka. Have spoken to officials and asked them to ensure all possible assistance in the affected areas. — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 29, 2018
Bollywood celebrities like Shilpa Shetty Kundra, Pooja Hegde and Suniel Shetty took to Twitter over the news of floods in parts of Karnataka
Just saw some visuals sent by my cousins who live in Mangalore..Hope the situation gets better.. Pls stay indoors.. https://t.co/jUBB6QqEin
— SHILPA SHETTY KUNDRA (@TheShilpaShetty) May 29, 2018
Stay Safe Mangalore...hoping it subsides soon https://t.co/pyCpJDCtFv
— Pooja Hegde (@hegdepooja) May 29, 2018
Breaks my heart to see my hometown going through this ordeal! All my prayers for my city of love and for its people! Please please share these emergency numbers with as many as you can! The least one can do from such distance #Mangalore #MangaloreRains pic.twitter.com/GOqoFDugQm
— Suniel Shetty (@SunielVShetty) May 29, 2018
As per Skymet Weather, Southwest Monsoon had hit Kerala before its scheduled arrival. In fact, the conditions seem favorable for further advancement of Monsoon into some parts of Central Arabian Sea, remaining parts of Kerala, parts of coastal and South Interior Karnataka, parts of east-central and Northeast Bay of Bengal and some parts of northeastern states during the next 48 hours.
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