With Cyclone Fengal anticipated to make landfall over the North Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coast between Karaikal and Mahabalipuram on Saturday afternoon, the south-interior components of Karnataka, together with Bengaluru, are anticipated to obtain rainfall for the subsequent two days.
The climate division has issued an orange alert for the southern-interior districts for the subsequent two days.
“Cyclone ‘Fengal’ is transferring west-northwestward over Southwest Bay of Bengal and is more likely to make landfall over North Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coast between Karaikal and Mahabalipuram at Puducherry as we speak afternoon with wind velocity of 70-80 kmph. Gusts of as much as 90 kmph are possible,” the Karnataka State Pure Catastrophe Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC) bulletin acknowledged on Saturday.
In keeping with the India Meteorological Division (IMD) and the KSNDMC, very mild rainfall is predicted in Bengaluru over the subsequent 24 hours with the typical temperature anticipated to stay round 20.6 levels Celsius. The utmost temperature forecast for Sunday is 24.6 levels Celsius, whereas the minimal is nineteen.9 levels Celsius.
As a result of cyclonic climate situations over the Tamil Nadu coast, widespread average rain with thundershowers has been predicted for the southern inside districts of Karnataka on Saturday with spells of heavy rainfall on Sunday and Monday.
The coastal and Malnad districts – Uttara Kannada, Chikmagalur, Chamarajanagar, Udupi, Belgaum, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Kodagu and Shimoga – are anticipated to obtain heavy rainfall with thundershowers from Sunday to Tuesday, whereas north inside districts will obtain average rainfall, the KSNDMC stated in a bulletin on Saturday.