Heavy rains have caused flooding in many low-lying areas, causing widespread damage to crops and property, and even a rain-related death.
Persistent heavy rains on the coast and Malnad (center) in Karnataka in the past 24 hours caused flooding in many low-lying areas, resulting in widespread damage to crops and property. A man is confirmed dead in Mangaluru after a wall collapsed due to heavy rains.
According to rainfall data maintained by the Karnataka State Disaster Monitoring Center, Malnad as a whole received 367% excess rain during the 24-hour period, between 8.30am on Saturday and 8.30am on Sunday. During the same period, the Karnataka coast received 793% excess rainfall. The Kodi station in Udupi received the highest rainfall with 414.5 mm of rain followed by the Irodi station (in Udupi) with 411.2 mm of rain.
Manoj Rajan, commissioner of the Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA), said that around midnight heavy rains occurred in the Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts. “There was some flooding in urban areas in Udupi where we have been pumping water since morning. Similarly, damage to homes has also occurred in rural areas. We immediately responded to the situation and rushed a team from the NDRF (National Disaster Relief Force) from Dakshina Kannada district and another team from Mysuru has also been taken away. A helicopter has been kept on standby in case rescue operations are necessary, ”he told TNM.
Udupi, in Taluk, in the Udupi district, received the highest rainfall in the state in the last 24 hours with 399 mm of rain, followed by Kapu (296 mm) and Karkala (293 mm) in the same district.
Sunil M. Gavaskar, a meteorologist at the KSNDMC, said the condition will remain the same and the coastal areas and Malnad will also receive heavy rains in the coming days.
“Until September 22 (Tuesday), these current conditions of active to heavy rains will continue due to an area of low pressure formed over the northeast of the Bay of Bengal. The low pressure area in the Bay of Bengal is drawing moisture out of the Arabian Sea, and that is why the abundant moisture is hitting the west coast. So the regions along the west coast, including neighboring states, are receiving heavy to extremely intense rains, ”Gavaskar told TNM.
In its daily forecast, the Indian Meteorological Department also warned that “heavy or very heavy rains are highly likely to occur with extremely heavy isolated rains over the coast of Karnataka and southern inner Karnataka.”
Among the districts, too, Udupi received rainfall of 197 mm (excess of 1541%), followed by Dakshina Kannada with 135 mm (excess of 1142%) of rainfall. The Karnataka coast received excess rain during the past week.
Together, during the last seven days (September 14-20), Udupi (396mm, 395%), Dakshina Kannada (283mm, 316%) and Uttara Kannada (115mm, 111%), the three districts that make up the belt coast – together they have received 212% excess rain.
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