Heavy rains claim 2 lives in Karnataka’s Udupi as cyclonic storm Kyarr intensifies
04:00PM Sat 26 Oct, 2019
Heavy rains in coastal Karnataka claimed the lives of two people in Udupi district on Friday.
The deaths came at a time the cyclonic storm Kyarr intensified and moved westward over the Arabian Sea.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) reported that the cyclonic storm lay centred around 360 km south-southwest of Mumbai and was headed towards the coast of Oman in the next five days.
Heavy rains were reported in the three coastal districts of Karnataka - Udupi, Dakshina Kannada and Uttara Kannada.
Sulochana, a resident of Kunjarugiri in Karkala, was swept away in a stream near her residence while Ravindra Kulal, a man taking shelter in a house in Kukkehalli, was killed after a tree collapsed on the house. A branch of the tree hit Ravindra's head and he died even though he was rushed to the hospital.
No deaths were reported in Dakshina Kannada and Uttara Kannada districts due to the rains. A rescue operation to save those on-board a boat is underway near Kurmagada island in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka. Personnel from the Indian Navy and Coast Guard are coordinating the rescue.
A holiday was declared for the second day in a row in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts due to the rains.
A tree fallen over a house in Moodabidri, Dakshina Kannada
Fishermen in all three coastal districts were advised against venturing into the sea after the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) predicted high waves in the range of 3 to 3.2 metres between Thursday and Saturday along the coast of Karnataka from Mangaluru to Karwar.
In an advisory issued at 11:30 am on Saturday, the IMD predicted light to moderate rain along with heavy rains in isolated areas in Uttara Kannada and Udupi districts of Karnataka over the next 12 hours.
Light to moderate rainfall at many places with heavy falls at isolated places very likely over Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg Districts of Maharashtra, Goa and Uttar Kannada & Udupi districts of Karnataka during the next 12 hours, the release stated.
High speed winds were reported in the coastal areas of Uttara Kannada and Udupi on Friday. Uttara Kannada DC Harish Kumar also confirmed that the Linganamakki reservoir had reached its capacity and 40,000 cusecs of water is being released from it and that the situation is under control.
Source: The News Minute
A tree fallen over a house in Moodabidri, Dakshina Kannada
Fishermen in all three coastal districts were advised against venturing into the sea after the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) predicted high waves in the range of 3 to 3.2 metres between Thursday and Saturday along the coast of Karnataka from Mangaluru to Karwar.
In an advisory issued at 11:30 am on Saturday, the IMD predicted light to moderate rain along with heavy rains in isolated areas in Uttara Kannada and Udupi districts of Karnataka over the next 12 hours.
Light to moderate rainfall at many places with heavy falls at isolated places very likely over Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg Districts of Maharashtra, Goa and Uttar Kannada & Udupi districts of Karnataka during the next 12 hours, the release stated.
High speed winds were reported in the coastal areas of Uttara Kannada and Udupi on Friday. Uttara Kannada DC Harish Kumar also confirmed that the Linganamakki reservoir had reached its capacity and 40,000 cusecs of water is being released from it and that the situation is under control.
Source: The News Minute
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