Bengaluru, 6 June

India Meteorological Department (IMD) has announced that the monsoon has arrived in most of Karnataka and parts of Maharashtra, Telangana, and coastal Andhra Pradesh. The department predicts widespread light to moderate rainfall with thunderstorms and gusty winds across the state for the next five days.

Places in the Krishna basin in Karnataka were likely to receive moderate to isolated heavy rainfall till 13 June, according to Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre.

It forecast scattered to fairly widespread light to moderate rains as well as isolated heavy rains till 13 June.

It has also said due to heavy rains forecast over places in the upper Krishna basin from 8 to 11 June, there would be a likely increase in the inflows into the Krishna basin.

Meanwhile, in the Cauvery basin, till 11 June, scattered to fairly widespread light to moderate rains are likely, KSNDMC said.  According to data from KSNDMC telemetric rain gauge locations across the state, widespread rains were reported in Bengaluru Urban and Kolar on 5 June and the maximum rainfall is recorded at Sangareshkoppa in Saundatti taluk, Belagavi district with 107.5 mm.

Incidentally, Malnad and coastal regions registered a significant deficit in rainfall of -20 per cent to -59 per cent.

Thunderstorms with lightning are likely to occur at isolated places over Bengaluru (urban and rural), Ballari, Chamarajanagar, Dakshina Kannada, Kalaburagi, Kolar, Mandya, Mysuru, Raichur, Tumakuru, Udupi and Yadgir today, according to India Meteorological Department, Bengaluru.

Heatwave conditions are likely to persist in some eastern parts, Uttar Pradesh, and north Madhya Pradesh for the next five days.

Residents across India are advised to stay informed about the latest weather updates and follow necessary precautions as the monsoon progresses. -PTI