BENGALURU: Karnataka is likely to witness widespread rain over the next two to three days, the India Meteorological Department informed on Wednesday.
In a conversation with ANI, Dr Geeta Agnihotri, Head of Meteorological Department, Karnataka, said, “For north-interior Karnataka, we are expecting widespread rains for the next two days followed by fairly widespread rain on Day 3. While on Day 4 and Day 5, we are expecting scattered rains.”
“For south-interior Karnataka, widespread rain is expected for the next two days, followed by fairly widespread rain from day 3-5. Heavy to very heavy rain is expected in coastal Karnataka on Wednesday; heavy to very heavy rain on May 19, followed by heavy rain on May 20,” said Geeta Agnihotri.
The IMD in a tweet today also confirmed the same. “Isolated heavy to very heavy falls very likely over Kerala-Mahe, coastal and south-interior Karnataka on May 19 and over Tamil Nadu on May 18 with extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places over Kerala-Mahe, coastal and south-interior Karnataka on Wednesday”, it said.
The IMD on Monday declared the onset of monsoon over the Andaman Sea. This year, the early monsoon has been attributed to Cyclone Asani which brought in plenty of moisture over the region.
The IMD, in its daily bulletin on Monday, said that the South-west monsoon winds are all set to strengthen over these regions in the coming days, and the islands will experience rainfall. (ANI)