The progress of Monsoon 2018 remains steady as heavy to extremely heavy rains lashed several parts of Karnataka and Coastal Kerala. All thanks to the well-marked low pressure area in southeast Arabian Sea off north KeralaKarnataka coast, which also was responsible for bringing the Monsoon over the Indian mainland.
In wake of this, heavy to extremely heavy rains have lashed several parts of coastal Karnataka. Particularly, Panambur Observatory in Mangalore saw torrential rains to the tune of 334 mm of rain in span of 24 hours from 8:30 am on Tuesday. In the same time, another observatory recorded 284 mm.
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In fact, there has been no relief from these showers ever since Monday night. Rains wreak havoc throughout Tuesday. As a result, school were shutdown till further notice.
Several areas in the city like Kottara Chowki and Ballal Bagh were waterlogged. Reportedly, Mangaluru Central Railway Station and the adjacent Railway Mail Service office were also inundated with rainwater. Vehicular movement has also been interrupted across the city as almost all major roads are submerged in water.
Although the well-marked low pressure area has become less marked and is now seen as a low pressure area over the same region, but the system is still capable of giving moderate to heavy rains over Coastal Karnataka and Kerala for the next 24 hours.
Thus, inclement weather conditions would continue to hamper the ongoing rescue operations conducted by National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) team and local authorities. According to Skymet Weather, we can expect some relief post 24 hours as the affecting weather system would weaken. Thu, rains would also start reducing gradually.
However, with these rains, Monsoon is most likely to enter Karnataka and cover parts of Kerala anytime now.
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