Cyclone Fengal: Bengaluru braces for rain, cool temperatures; orange alert issued

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Cyclone Fengal is ready to make landfall alongside the North Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coast, between Karaikal and Mahabalipuram, on Saturday afternoon. Its influence will prolong to Karnataka, with Bengaluru and southern inside districts anticipated to obtain rainfall over the subsequent two days, The Indian Categorical reported.

The climate in Bengaluru is predicted to stay cool.(PTI)

In line with the report, the Karnataka State Pure Catastrophe Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC) issued an orange alert for southern inside districts, warning of reasonable to heavy rainfall.

As per newest updates, Cyclone Fengal is shifting west-northwestward over the Southwest Bay of Bengal and is predicted to hit the Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coast with wind speeds of 70-80 kmph and gusts reaching as much as 90 kmph.

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Climate in Bengaluru

Bengaluru is forecast to expertise very gentle rainfall over the subsequent 24 hours. Temperatures will stay cool, with a mean of 20.6°C. Sunday’s excessive is predicted to be 24.6°C, whereas the minimal temperature will hover round 19.9°C, the report added.

Over the previous few days, minimal temperatures in Bengaluru’s city and rural areas have hovered between 16°C and 19°C, marking an early onset of winter. The same old winter season in Bengaluru begins in December and lasts till early February. Nonetheless, this yr, the chilly climate has arrived forward of schedule and is predicted to be extra extreme than regular

Cyclonic circumstances are anticipated to set off widespread reasonable rainfall with thundershowers throughout Karnataka’s southern inside districts on Saturday. Heavy rainfall is forecast for Sunday and Monday in these areas.

Coastal and Malnad districts, together with Uttara Kannada, Chikmagalur, Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Kodagu, Shimoga, Chamarajanagar, and Belagavi, will doubtless expertise heavy rainfall with thundershowers from Sunday to Tuesday. In the meantime, north inside districts will see reasonable rainfall.

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