Heavy rain continues in coastal districts

Mangaluru, 19 July 2020 [Fik/News Sources]: Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts received copious rain on Saturday. In the last 24 hours till 8.30am of Saturday, the district received an average 60 mm rain, with Mangaluru and Bantwal taluks each receiving 74mm rain.

Belthangady and Sullia taluks received 67mm and 47mm rain, respectively. Udupi district received an average 86 mm rain. The highest rain at 204 mm was recorded at Innanje in Udupi taluk in the state.

Udupi district received 72% excess amount of rain as against the normal average for the day at 86mm. In DK, it was 25% more for the day and Uttara Kannada received 59 mm rain, which was 51% more than normal.

The KSNMDC bulletin stated that high waves in the range of 2.5m - 4.1m were forecast along the coast of Karnataka from Mangaluru to Karwar, warning fishermen not to venture into the sea. KSNMDC also warned that squally weather, with wind speeds reaching 40-50 kmph, is likely to prevail along and off the Karnataka coast.