Heavy Rainfall Alert: Yellow Alert Issued for 17 Karnataka Districts

Bengaluru: The Meteorological Department has forecasted heavy rainfall in coastal districts until August 28, and a yellow alert has been issued for several districts. Yellow alerts have been declared for Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada, Udupi, Belagavi, Chikkamagaluru, Bidar, Kalaburagi, Koppal, Raichur, Yadgir, Ballari, Chitradurga, Davangere, Hassan, Shivamogga, Tumakuru, and Vijayanagara districts.

Rain is also expected in Chamarajanagar, Bengaluru Rural, Ramanagara, Mysuru, Mandya, Kolar, Kodagu, Chikkaballapura, and Bengaluru Urban districts. Rainfall has been reported in Agumbe, Hassan, Channagiri, Doddaballapur, Madhugiri, Thyagarthi, Nayakanahatti, Baraguru, Honnali, Royalpad, Chitradurga, Hiriyur, Kunigal, Gundlupete, Chintamani, Kolar, Sandur, Kalasa, Hadagali, Jayapura, Tiptur, Napoklu, Shiggaon, Ajjampur, Gubbi, Kottur, Mundargi, Kudligi, Sedabal,  Ballari, Harapanahalli, Davangere, and Hagaribommanahalli.