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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a yellowish alert for Bengaluru, forecasting continuous showers till May 25, aft heavy rainfall and gusty winds lashed parts of the metropolis till 3 a.m. connected May 22, triggering powerfulness outages and aggregate tree-fall incidents crossed respective areas.
Trees successful Cubbon Park were damaged pursuing dense rains successful Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: ALLEN EGENUSE J.
Heavy rainfall connected May 21 evening had already disrupted mean beingness successful respective parts of the city, with Namma Metro services witnessing delays, and aggregate areas reporting powerfulness cuts. According to the IMD, Bengaluru metropolis recorded 44.2 mm of rainfall till 8.30 p.m. connected May 21, portion the HAL country received 3.8 mm.
Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) officials said rainfall intensified aft midnight successful galore areas and continued till astir 3 a.m., accompanied by beardown winds that led to respective trees and branches collapsing.
In the Central Corporation alone, GBA recorded 49 uprooted trees and 28 fallen branches. C.V. Raman Nagar reported the highest fig of incidents, with 30 trees uprooted and six branches falling.
Shanthinagar recorded 8 uprooted trees and 4 fallen branches, portion Gandhinagar reported 4 uprooted trees and six fallen branches.
Tree-fall incidents were besides reported from Shivajinagar, Chickpet and Chamarajpet wrong Central Corporation limits.
The rainfall disrupted powerfulness proviso successful respective areas, with BESCOM officials attributing the outages to gusty winds and histrion branches falling connected powerfulness infrastructure. Many areas went without powerfulness overnight.
