Key Highlights
- Heavy rain causes waterlogging and traffic jams in Bengaluru.
- IMD forecasts rainfall for the next 7 days, with downpours until October 17.
- Northeast monsoon and a low-pressure system drive the rainfall.
Today, Bengaluru weather has disturbed daily life activities of the residents due to heavy rain since last night which has resulted in waterlogging everywhere in the city. According to the latest weather report from the Indian Meteorological Department IMD, the rainfall was recorded as 16.2 mm as of 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday. The city is seeing a minimum temperature of 20.7 degree Celsius and maximum temperature of 25.4 degree Celsius as of today. It has been reported that the rainfall may continue until around 4 o’clock in the afternoon in both rural and urban Bangalore.
Due to excess waterlogging, Bengaluru traffic has gotten worse as several vehicles are not able to move for hours. As the low-lying areas of Bengaluru are filled with water, people are parking their vehicles on flyovers which has further contributed to traffic problems. The Hebbal flyover was one of the affected areas of long line traffic. Locals complained of a delay of 30 to 40 minutes on the flyover and several videos and photos of it can be seen surfacing the internet. Other parts of Bengaluru like Sarjapur Road, Mahadevapura, Mysore Road flyover, Marathahalli, Sheshadripuram, Sanjay Nagar, Hunasemaranahalli, Outer Ring Road (ORR) Bannerghatta Road etc are affected due to heavy rainfall.
Weather forecast for next 7 days
As per the forecast, Bengaluru will have to bear continuous rainfall for around a week and expect very heavy downpours between October 14 to October 17. Furthermore, IMD has released the predicted forecast for the week starting from October 15. Let us take a look at all the week’s forecast.
- October 15: Expected to have a maximum temperature of 25 degrees celsius and a minimum temperature of 21 degree Celsius with dark clouds and heavy rain in most regions of Bengaluru.
- October 16: There will be a slight hike in maximum temperature whereas minimum temperature will be 26 degree Celsius with very heavy rain.
- October 17: maximum temperature will be around 27 degree Celsius and rain will continue to be heavy.
- October 18: Light relief can be seen in the rain, it’ll not be very heavy but will pour whole day, with a minimum temperature of 21 degree Celsius and a maximum of 28 degree Celsius.
- October 19 and 20: Normal rain expected and a better maximum temperature of 28 degree Celsius.
Why is it raining in Bangalore?
As per report, the reason for heavy rainfall in Banglore is the beginning of Northeast monsoon rainfall activity. A Low pressure area over the Southeast Bay of Bengal is likely going to bring heavy rainfall to several regions which also includes South interior Karnataka. Along with Bangalore Rural and Urban, IMD has issued alerts for Chikkaballapur, Chikkamagaluru, Kolar, Mysore, Chamarajnagar, Mandya, Ramanagar. Some parts of Karnataka like Bangalore rural and urban, Chikkaballapur, Mysore are on yellow alert. Heavy rainfall will hit the Coastal and South interior Karnataka according to reports.