Archive · 27 May 2025
Intense Monsoon Brings Early Disruption and Fatalities to Karnataka
Heavy rainfall in Karnataka has arrived earlier and more intensely than usual, causing significant disruptions.
Tragically, four deaths have been reported due to rain-related incidents, including a child and two people in a car accident.
Landslides and flooding have led to road closures and power outages, affecting transportation.
Schools and colleges have been closed in several districts due to the ongoing weather conditions.
Authorities have issued warnings and are advising caution to residents and tourists.
Heavy rains hit coastal and south-interior Karnataka, arriving earlier than usual.
Four deaths were reported due to rain-related incidents.
Schools and colleges were closed in multiple districts.
Landslides in Shiradi Ghat caused traffic disruptions.
Power supply disrupted due to the weather.
- Who
- Residents of affected districts, local authorities, and tourists.
- What
- Heavy rainfall causing fatalities, landslides, road closures, and disruptions to daily life.
- When
- Since late Sunday, May 26, 2025, with the monsoon arriving earlier than expected.
- Where
- Coastal and South Interior Karnataka, including Belagavi, Bengaluru, Chikkamagaluru, Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, and Shivamogga.
- Why
- Early and intense arrival of the southwest monsoon.
- Affected Regions
- Karnataka (Belagavi, Bengaluru, Chikkamagaluru, Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Shivamogga)
- Fatalities
- 4
- School Closures
- Declared in several districts
- Road Disruption
- Landslides in Shiradi Ghat
- Rainfall Status
- Karnataka received 257.6 mm rainfall as against the normal of 99.8 mm
Sources
Child dead in wall collapse during heavy rains in Belagavi
Three-year-old girl dies after wall collapses during heavy rain in Karnataka
3-year-old girl dies in wall collapse during heavy rains in Karnataka's Belagavi
Heavy rain continues to lash parts of North Karnataka
Heavy rain disrupts normal life in Belagavi
Red alert in Kerala's Kannur, Wayanad, Kozhikode, 3 rain-related deaths reported
IMD issues 5-day 'red' alert for coastal Karnataka, extremely heavy rainfall expected
