IMD issue Yellow alerts to 8 districts

Bengaluru, NT Bureau: India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued yellow alerts for this week to as many as eight districts in the state. The yellow alerts have been issued for Thursday and Friday.

The weather department has forecast that Kodagu and Mysuru districts would receive “heavy rainfall” on Thursday. Kodagu district has also received a yellow alert for Friday.

The other districts that have been given the warning are the three districts of coastal Karnataka namely Uttara Kannada, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi, besides districts such as Chamarajanagar in Old Mysuru region and Chikkamagaluru and Shivamogga in Malnad area.

IMD classifies yellow alert as “heavy rainfall”, which is anywhere between 64.5 mm to 115.5 mm. Orange alert is regarded as “very heavy rainfall”, meaning anything between 115.6 to 204.4 mm.

Moreover, red alert is classified as “extremely heavy rainfall”, which is more than 204.5 m of rain.