Cyclone Montha: IMD forecasts widespread rainfall in Karnataka till October 30

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“Fairly wide    rainfall is expected implicit    Karnataka from October 27 to 30 due to the fact that of the anticipated cyclone,” IMD manager  said.

“Fairly wide rainfall is expected implicit Karnataka from October 27 to 30 due to the fact that of the anticipated cyclone,” IMD manager said. | Photo Credit: Nirmal Harindran

The India Meteorological Department (IMD), Bengaluru, has forecast reasonably wide rainfall implicit Karnataka for the adjacent 4 days owing to Cyclone Montha.

“Fairly wide rainfall is expected implicit Karnataka from October 27 to 30 due to the fact that of the anticipated cyclone,” IMD, Bengaluru, manager C.S  Patil said.

The IMD said that the slump implicit east-central Arabian Sea moved astir southwestwards with a velocity of 13 kmph during the past six hours and laic centered astatine 8.30 a.m .on Sunday implicit the aforesaid region, adjacent latitude 16.0°N and longitude 66.5°E, astir 760 km west-southwest of Mumbai (Maharashtra), astir 790 km westbound of Panjim (Goa), 870 km northwest of Aminidivi (Lakshadweep), and astir 970 km west-northwest of Mangaluru (Karnataka).

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“It is apt to determination astir south-westwards initially and past south-southwestwards crossed eastbound cardinal Arabian Sea during the adjacent 24 hours,” IMD said.

For coastal Karnataka connected October 27, the IMD has forecast dense to precise dense rainfall and thundershowers with sustained winds astatine 1 oregon 2 places implicit Udupi and Uttara Kannada districts and dense rainfall and thundershowers with sustained winds astatine 1 oregon 2 places implicit Dakshina Kannada district.

For northbound interior Karnataka, it has forecast dense rainfall and thundershowers with gusty winds astatine 1 oregon 2 places implicit Belagavi and Dharwad districts and airy to mean rainfall and thundershowers astatine galore places implicit Bagalkot, Bidar, Gadag, Haveri, Kalaburagi, Koppal, Raichur, Vijayapura, and Yadgir districts.

For south-interior Karnataka, IMD has forecast dense rainfall and thundershowers with gusty winds astatine 1 oregon 2 places implicit Shivamogga, Chikkamagaluru, and Hassan districts.

“Light to mean rainfall and thundershowers are apt to hap astatine a fewer places implicit Ballari, Bengaluru (Rural), Bengaluru (Urban), Chamarajanagar, Chickballapur, Chitradurga, Davanagere, Kodagu, Kolar, Mandya, Mysuru, Bengaluru South, Tumakuru and Vijayanagara districts,” IMD said.

For Bengaluru metropolis and the neighbourhood the forecast for the adjacent 36 hours is mostly cloudy skies with airy to mean rain. It added that the maximum and the minimum temperatures are precise apt to beryllium astir 27°C and 20°C respectively.

Published - October 26, 2025 10:43 p.m. IST

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