MANGALURU/UDUPI: The first pre-monsoon showers that lashed the town continuous on Tuesday - as an alternative of bringing aid from summer season warmth - proved to be a bane as large swathes of the town was marooned. It took just 9 hours of rains ranging from 9am, which was still continuing with lessened intensity, to bring the town all the way down to its knees. There was no respite from rain until late evening. It also resulted within the demise of a lady within the city.
In all, the ferocity of rain can also be gauged from the fact that the Panambur Weather Observatory recorded 270 mm of rainfall at Surathkal house from 8.30 am to five.30 pm. This is more or less an identical quantity of rainfall that the town could have received gauging on the intensity. This is also in all probability the best possible rainfall recorded in the past few many years on a single day, as in the past decade the rainfall for a day has not crossed 100mm.
Vehicles ply on a waterlogged highway after a thunderstorm, in Mangaluru
The steady downpour, with heavy winds, claimed life of girl at Udayanagar near KPT. The victim was known as Mohini, 61, who died after the conserving wall collapsed on her space and he or she was buried beneath the debris, mentioned Ok Bhaskar, Mayor. The rain fury also brought about power outages in Dakshina and Udupi as more than a 1,000 poles within the two districts were knocked down or were damaged because of landslides.
The incessant rain which began around 9am became out to be deluge after a couple of hours. Within an hour after heavy downpour, low-lying areas began getting water-logged and it prolonged to different puts which by no means witnessed any floods within the history.
Low lying areas in Jeppinamogaru, Kottara Chowki, areas in Derlakatte and Shaktinagar, Kulshekar, PVS Circle, Padil junction nearby areas were waterlogged. Other seriously affected areas were M G Road, Alake, Mannagudda, Thokkottu, Mahaveer Circle, Kodial Guttu, Urwa- Hoigebail, Bejai areas too were inundated. Most of the court cases included waterlogging in residential and business areas. As the rain water degree began to upward thrust in low lying areas where there was no escape for the waters, it also swept away some of the automobiles parked in those areas.
School children being rescued by means of fire workforce in Mangaluru
“I by no means witnessed such a flooding in the past 25 years within the city. Today my I've to close down my shop as water is swelling within the adjacent main hurricane water drain,” mentioned Shivaram, a store dealer situated in city’s arterial highway in MG Road.
At Attavar, locals tied ropes from to the KMC health center to the medical shops reverse the health center to facilitate those seeking to go the road. Several cars were submerged on the front of the health center and other folks's entry was blocked because of flooding from the overflowing hurricane water drain.
A view of a flooded locality after a thunderstorm in Mangaluru on Tuesday (PTI)
The parking house on the Mangaluru Central railway station was flooded and postal consignments were damaged. The highway from Bondel resulting in Vamajoor was closed because of flooding which came about because of on going railway works near Pachhanady.
An old pedestrian bridge was damaged in Anegundi Road in Bejai. However, there have been no casualties there. In Baikampady Industrial Area , rankings of workers needed to plow through waters to succeed in go out gates.
In Alike, dozens of youngsters stranded in a college was evacuated to more secure place in boats. The artificial flooding also noticed snakes wading within the water. Many senior electorate of Mangaluru expressed that the Tuesday’s flooding was exceptional which that they had by no means witnessed sooner than.
However, IMD Bengaluru mentioned that monsoon had set over Kerala on Tuesday and had not entered Karnataka as of now. ``We are gazing for two or 3 days and then we will declare,’’ mentioned an legit. Regarding what the downpour was – whether or not unseasonal or pre-monsoon, the legit mentioned: It seems like pre-monsoon brought about because of low power house off the coast,’’ the legit added.
Surprisingly, barring Mangaluru and Bantwal taluks all different taluks of Dakshina Kananda – Sullia, Puttur and Belthangady - did not witness the downpour the town witnessed.
Rain leaves one dead in Udupi
The continuous rains and thunderstorm in Udupi district claimed a existence and injured five. Major injury was reported in Karkala and in Udupi taluks.
On Tuesday, a member of Gram Panchayat was killed because of thunder hurricane at Karkala. Sheela 35, misplaced her existence at around 3.30am after she was struck by means of lightning. She was member of BJP and a resident of Basathi Shale, Bailuru, Karkala. Her husband, Bhaskar who was napping near her survived with accidents. Sheela and her husband eked a dwelling as daily wagers. Karkala MLA Sunil Kumar visited her space and introduced condolences to the bereaved circle of relatives. In Karkala taluk, six properties were damaged and two arecanut plantations were damaged.
Udyavara near Udupi was the worst hit with than 100 bushes being uprooted because of robust winds. A huge banyan tree was uprooted and had fallen at the highway, blockading vehicular motion for long time. Two children also got injured as a tree fell at the properties and in addition 3 such minor injury instances reported. Houses also were damaged as 15 large hoardings fell on them at Balepadhe. As many as 60 electrical poles were damaged because of heavy winds.
According to officials, at Udyavara Village alone, 34 properties were damaged at Pitrodi, Sampike Nagara and Melpette. One shop was damaged after a tree fell on it. Due to heavy rains and the ensuing injury, Udupi DC Priyanka Mary Francis and ADC Anuradha visited the puts. She later declared two-day vacation for college up to PUC on May 29 and 30.
"From past three days, 513 electrical poles have been uprooted and estimated material loss is Rs. 38 lakh. On Monday some restoration work was taken, however it was not possible on Tuesday. ``As there was thunder and lightning even during day time, it was risky for person to climb poles and also it is very slippery,’’ said the DC. The river crossing tower at Padukere bridge had fallen into the river and experts were called to restore the work. ``In Udyavara the devastation is too much and restoration works cannot happen soon. However in city, the issues have been sorted," mentioned Narasimha Pandit, Superintendent Engineer.
NOT A CYCLONE
Sasikanth Senthil, deputy commissioner of Dakshina Kannada told public not to panic saying the rain was not because of any cyclone.
In an legit verbal exchange, Senthil the District management has made elaborate arrangement to safeguard existence and properties of other folks. Citizens can make use of toll loose number to succeed in out for any help all over emergency. The toll loose number ‘1077’ .
He also warned any individual venturing near the sea together with fishermen. “Those who staying close to sea/river are urged to stay away or pass to different puts,” he mentioned.
The helpline setup by means of district management received more than 50 calls on Tuesday. Most of them were city and were associated with waterlogging, tree fall and space damages.
In all, the ferocity of rain can also be gauged from the fact that the Panambur Weather Observatory recorded 270 mm of rainfall at Surathkal house from 8.30 am to five.30 pm. This is more or less an identical quantity of rainfall that the town could have received gauging on the intensity. This is also in all probability the best possible rainfall recorded in the past few many years on a single day, as in the past decade the rainfall for a day has not crossed 100mm.
Vehicles ply on a waterlogged highway after a thunderstorm, in Mangaluru
The steady downpour, with heavy winds, claimed life of girl at Udayanagar near KPT. The victim was known as Mohini, 61, who died after the conserving wall collapsed on her space and he or she was buried beneath the debris, mentioned Ok Bhaskar, Mayor. The rain fury also brought about power outages in Dakshina and Udupi as more than a 1,000 poles within the two districts were knocked down or were damaged because of landslides.
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— ANI (@ANI) 1527605629000The incessant rain which began around 9am became out to be deluge after a couple of hours. Within an hour after heavy downpour, low-lying areas began getting water-logged and it prolonged to different puts which by no means witnessed any floods within the history.
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— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) 1527607134000Low lying areas in Jeppinamogaru, Kottara Chowki, areas in Derlakatte and Shaktinagar, Kulshekar, PVS Circle, Padil junction nearby areas were waterlogged. Other seriously affected areas were M G Road, Alake, Mannagudda, Thokkottu, Mahaveer Circle, Kodial Guttu, Urwa- Hoigebail, Bejai areas too were inundated. Most of the court cases included waterlogging in residential and business areas. As the rain water degree began to upward thrust in low lying areas where there was no escape for the waters, it also swept away some of the automobiles parked in those areas.
School children being rescued by means of fire workforce in Mangaluru
“I by no means witnessed such a flooding in the past 25 years within the city. Today my I've to close down my shop as water is swelling within the adjacent main hurricane water drain,” mentioned Shivaram, a store dealer situated in city’s arterial highway in MG Road.
At Attavar, locals tied ropes from to the KMC health center to the medical shops reverse the health center to facilitate those seeking to go the road. Several cars were submerged on the front of the health center and other folks's entry was blocked because of flooding from the overflowing hurricane water drain.
A view of a flooded locality after a thunderstorm in Mangaluru on Tuesday (PTI)
The parking house on the Mangaluru Central railway station was flooded and postal consignments were damaged. The highway from Bondel resulting in Vamajoor was closed because of flooding which came about because of on going railway works near Pachhanady.
An old pedestrian bridge was damaged in Anegundi Road in Bejai. However, there have been no casualties there. In Baikampady Industrial Area , rankings of workers needed to plow through waters to succeed in go out gates.
In Alike, dozens of youngsters stranded in a college was evacuated to more secure place in boats. The artificial flooding also noticed snakes wading within the water. Many senior electorate of Mangaluru expressed that the Tuesday’s flooding was exceptional which that they had by no means witnessed sooner than.
However, IMD Bengaluru mentioned that monsoon had set over Kerala on Tuesday and had not entered Karnataka as of now. ``We are gazing for two or 3 days and then we will declare,’’ mentioned an legit. Regarding what the downpour was – whether or not unseasonal or pre-monsoon, the legit mentioned: It seems like pre-monsoon brought about because of low power house off the coast,’’ the legit added.
Surprisingly, barring Mangaluru and Bantwal taluks all different taluks of Dakshina Kananda – Sullia, Puttur and Belthangady - did not witness the downpour the town witnessed.
Rain leaves one dead in Udupi
The continuous rains and thunderstorm in Udupi district claimed a existence and injured five. Major injury was reported in Karkala and in Udupi taluks.
On Tuesday, a member of Gram Panchayat was killed because of thunder hurricane at Karkala. Sheela 35, misplaced her existence at around 3.30am after she was struck by means of lightning. She was member of BJP and a resident of Basathi Shale, Bailuru, Karkala. Her husband, Bhaskar who was napping near her survived with accidents. Sheela and her husband eked a dwelling as daily wagers. Karkala MLA Sunil Kumar visited her space and introduced condolences to the bereaved circle of relatives. In Karkala taluk, six properties were damaged and two arecanut plantations were damaged.
Udyavara near Udupi was the worst hit with than 100 bushes being uprooted because of robust winds. A huge banyan tree was uprooted and had fallen at the highway, blockading vehicular motion for long time. Two children also got injured as a tree fell at the properties and in addition 3 such minor injury instances reported. Houses also were damaged as 15 large hoardings fell on them at Balepadhe. As many as 60 electrical poles were damaged because of heavy winds.
According to officials, at Udyavara Village alone, 34 properties were damaged at Pitrodi, Sampike Nagara and Melpette. One shop was damaged after a tree fell on it. Due to heavy rains and the ensuing injury, Udupi DC Priyanka Mary Francis and ADC Anuradha visited the puts. She later declared two-day vacation for college up to PUC on May 29 and 30.
"From past three days, 513 electrical poles have been uprooted and estimated material loss is Rs. 38 lakh. On Monday some restoration work was taken, however it was not possible on Tuesday. ``As there was thunder and lightning even during day time, it was risky for person to climb poles and also it is very slippery,’’ said the DC. The river crossing tower at Padukere bridge had fallen into the river and experts were called to restore the work. ``In Udyavara the devastation is too much and restoration works cannot happen soon. However in city, the issues have been sorted," mentioned Narasimha Pandit, Superintendent Engineer.
NOT A CYCLONE
Sasikanth Senthil, deputy commissioner of Dakshina Kannada told public not to panic saying the rain was not because of any cyclone.
In an legit verbal exchange, Senthil the District management has made elaborate arrangement to safeguard existence and properties of other folks. Citizens can make use of toll loose number to succeed in out for any help all over emergency. The toll loose number ‘1077’ .
He also warned any individual venturing near the sea together with fishermen. “Those who staying close to sea/river are urged to stay away or pass to different puts,” he mentioned.
The helpline setup by means of district management received more than 50 calls on Tuesday. Most of them were city and were associated with waterlogging, tree fall and space damages.
9 hours of downpour brings Mangaluru to its knees; Udupi sees widespread damage
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