Shivamogga receives heavy rain, several areas flooded

Residents of Shivamogga woke up astatine midnight connected Tuesday (March 31) arsenic a bid of lightening strikes broke the soundlessness of the acheronian hours and lit up the full metropolis for a fewer seconds. This was followed by deafening thunder.

Within a fewer minutes, the powerfulness proviso successful galore areas was disrupted, and dense downpour continued for an hour, leaving roads and low-lying areas flooded.

Residents of low-lying areas successful Sharavathi Nagar mislaid slumber and got engaged safeguarding valuables adjacent arsenic rainwater entered their surviving rooms.

S.N Channabasappa, Shivamogga MLA, visited the rain-hit areas connected Wednesday (April 1) morning.

Shivamogga metropolis recorded 72.5 mm of rainfall, the highest successful the State, successful the 24 hours that ended astatine 8.30 a.m. connected April 1. Similarly, parts of Soraba and Tirthahalli taluks successful Shivamogga, parts of Mudigere successful Chikkamagaluru, and parts of Belur successful Hassan received mean to dense rains connected the day.