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The duplicate cities of Hubballi and Dharwad received dense overnight showers. There was dense rainfall successful immoderate taluk towns too. There were nary casualties. But the losses to crops and nationalist infrastructure are yet to beryllium assessed, officials said.
Heavy rainfall lashed the duplicate cities for much than 3 hours. Strong lightning and thunder accompanied the rain. Following the rain, the somesthesia dipped drastically.
After the downpour, rainwater gushed into houses astatine Jannath Nagar and surrounding areas, giving sleepless nights to the people. Some roads were besides inundated. And, rainwater stagnated connected vacant plots successful respective areas.
Officers said that a location astatine Uppinbetageri collapsed owed to rain. However, nary 1 was injured arsenic the inmates moved to a safer place.
There was dense rainfall successful immoderate areas successful Vijayapura territory too. The metropolis witnessed showers connected Saturday. Some adjacent taluks saw dense rainfall connected Sunday. Roads successful immoderate areas successful the aged metropolis were inundated.
The India Meteorological Department has issued a yellowish alert for 17 districts successful the State, including immoderate successful North Karnataka, for the adjacent 24 hours.
