Why Heavy Rainfall alert In Karnataka for next 5 days?

^{Rainfall alert In Karnataka: It is expected to bring very heavy rainfall to the adjoining region for the next couple of days. Heavy Rainfall alert In Karnataka for next 5 days. India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday said a low-pressure area is forming over the south Andaman Sea, which is likely to intensify into a Cyclone warning around 6 May.} 

^{Meanwhile, due to wind discontinuity over peninsular India in lower tropospheric levels, scattered rainfall with thunderstorm/lightning/gusty winds is very likely in Karnataka during next 5 days. Including Karnataka other south states like Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana during next 5 days.}

 ^{Yesterday, several parts of Bengaluru received heavy rains and a hailstorm. This was, however, expected as India Meteorological Department (IMD) in its forecast had predicted heavy rains in Karnataka.}

 ^{Also, rainfall is predicted over Kerala-Mahe on 03rd & 04th May and over Tamilnadu-Puducherry-Karaikal on 05th May. Under the influence of southwesterly winds from Bay of Bengal, light to moderate rainfall is expected over Northeast India & West Bengal-Sikkim during next 5 days.}

 ^{Under the influence of the cyclonic storm, rainfall is expected over Nicobar Islands on 4th & 5th of May and heavy to very heavy rainfall is forecasted over the Andaman Islands on 06th & 07th May. Heavy rainfalls are also very likely over Assam-Meghalaya & Nagaland-ManipurMizoram-Tripura on 03rd & 04th May; and very rainfall over the Tripura region on 3rd May.}

 ^{Rainfall alert: It is expected to bring very heavy rainfall to the adjoining region for the next couple of days. Cyclone warning: Very heavy rainfall alert in these states for next 5 days. India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday said a low-pressure area is forming over the south Andaman Sea, which is likely to intensify into a Cyclone warning around 6 May.}  

^{Meanwhile, due to wind discontinuity over peninsular India in lower tropospheric levels, scattered rainfall with thunderstorm/lightning/gusty winds is very likely over Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana during next 5 days.}

^{The city of Bengaluru once again hit with a heavy downpour on September 8, 2017. Several roads in the city got inundated with cars and other vehicles struggling to move. The people had to wade through waist-deep water at several places. Many trees in the city got uprooted and brought traffic to a halt.
 Later, on October 5, 2017 the city was again hit by heavy rains as received an average 42 mm of rainfall. Bommanahalli and Electronics City reported the first heavy showers, while Vidyaranyapura and Yelahanka in the north received heavy rains by later evening of the same day.}

 ^{During the monsoon months of 2017, the Bengaluru city was confronted with unexpected torrential rains which caused mass devastating in the area. The heavy rains, specifically on the late night of August 14, 2017, continued till the wee hours of the following morning. The nigh long rainfall caused much havoc on the Bengaluru streets, including heavy inundation and tree falls.}

^{The floods made the situation in the city on August 15, 2017, look like that of flash floods of the July 2016. Several areas in Bengaluru including Koramangala, HSR Layout, Shantinagar, Wilson Garden, K R Puram, Anugraha Layout, Ulsoor, Vivek Nagar, Murugesh Palya on Old Airport Road and Gurappana Palya on Bannerghatta Road, had been inundated with almost knee-level water on the streets. The situation left most of the residents stranded in their homes.}