Bengaluru: Heavy rains lead to mayhem, wall collapse; IMD predicts more rains

Bengaluru, Oct 20: Heavy rains on Wednesday lashed Bengaluru which caused a collapse of a wall near that Majestic in which several four-wheelers were reportedly damaged.

According to a report in Hindustan Times, the wall collapse in the city was confirmed. No loss of lives was reported in the wall collapse, however, it damaged some of the vehicles parked on the road.

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Condition of Sultanpet Main Road after an half hour rain pic.twitter.com/32wY5MgG6q

— NEMICHAND (@nbsankhlecha) October 18, 2022

The incessant rain on Wednesday also caused waterlogging in several parts of the city. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had already issued a yellow alert in the city.

Koramangala while returning from work today. Cannot be more grateful to people helping in this condition. 🙏#bengalururains pic.twitter.com/35mkP3IsSx

— Aishwarya (@aishwaryajayant) October 19, 2022

The IMD in its forecast said that the city may receive light rainfall during the next five days. The Maximum temperature in the city was recorded at 27-29 degrees Celsius, while the minimum of 15-17 degrees Celsius.

Extending it's ALL TIME RECORD, #Bengaluru city IMD observatory crossed 1800mm rainfall for the year as of 10:45PM today & is at 1802.5mm. HAL IMD AWS too has crossed 1800mm while a pvt station in Whitefield crossed 1900mm, currently at 1910mm.#BengaluruRains #BangaloreRains https://t.co/v3RusS2pJS

— ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ/ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಹವಾಮಾನ (@Bnglrweatherman) October 19, 2022

The weather department expected a relative humidity of 60-89 per cent during morning hours and 26-48 per cent during noon.

The city received incessant rains due to which some roads and by-lanes were full of water.

Some parts of the city also reported witnessing flood-like situations as rainwater entered their homes and shops.

After heavy rains on Monday, some IT professionals had reached their offices by tractors.

Some of the residents of the city took to Twitter and wrote about the hardship due to rain.

One of the twitterati wrote, "The impact of rainfall in the city is costing dearly to the citizens. Some of the vehicles washed away due to floods in Shivajinagar."

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The impact of rainfall in the city is costing dearly to the citizens. Some of the vehicles washed away due to floods in Shivajinagar. @IndianExpress pic.twitter.com/s3u08pxuvg

— Kiran Parashar (@KiranParashar21) October 19, 2022

Another user wrote, "This is'nt a river,its my building's basement."

This is'nt a river,its my building's basement.#bbmp #bengalururains pic.twitter.com/NFU2wmr5o8

— Jeeshan Kohli (@JeeshanKohli) October 20, 2022

The third user wrote, "Bengalururains visual 04."

#Bengalururains visual 04 pic.twitter.com/1TEYd6jJNt

— Priyathosh Agnihamsa (@priyathosh6447) October 19, 2022