IMD predicts rain, strong winds in parts of Karnataka on election day

India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday has predicted that isolated places in Coastal and South Interior Karnataka will likely witness heavy rain on May 12, the day when polling for the Karnataka Assembly election 2018 will take place in the state.

Earlier, the IMD had predicted thunderstorm will hit Delhi and surrounding area on Tuesday. However, the national Capital escaped the thunderstorm.

Today, Thunderstorm accompanies with squall is expected at isolated places over Jharkhand, Bihar, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim.

IMD issued an alert on Monday saying "under the influence of a western disturbance, a cyclonic circulation over Haryana and a west-east tough from northwest Rajasthan to central Madhya Pradesh in lower levels" will bring light to moderate rainfall in north India.

The prediction comes a week after a deadly thunderstorm killed at least 124 people and injured more than 300 in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.