Bengaluru has received rain since Sunday evening and according to IMD officials, Coastal Karanataka and parts of South Interior Karnataka are likely to experience widespread rain today, while light to moderate rainfall on Tuesday.

Rainfall is likely to reduce from Wednesday onwards in these regions, the officials said.

In a statement, the IMD said the depression (remnant of cyclonic storm ‘FENGAL’) over the north coast of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry moved almost due west and weakened into a well-marked low pressure area at 5.30 am, over north interior Tamil Nadu. .

The residual low pressure area is likely to emerge over southeast and adjoining eastern and central Arabian Sea off north Kerala Karnataka coasts around December 3.

A yellow alert has been issued for Bengaluru and districts like Hassan, Mandya and Ramanagara for Monday, said CS Patil, India Meteorological Department, Bengaluru chief.

The widespread rainfall in Bengaluru and other parts of Karnataka from Sunday is due to the effects of Fengal, he said.

An orange alert has been issued for districts like Udupi, Chikmagalur, Chikkabalbura which are expected to receive very heavy to heavy rains, according to IMD officials.

An orange warning means very heavy rain of 11 cm to 20 cm and a yellow warning means heavy rain between 6 cm and 11 cm.

According to the IMD statement, on December 2, scattered heavy to very heavy rains with isolated extremely heavy rains are very likely to occur over Kodagu district while scattered heavy to very heavy rains are very likely over Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, Chamarajanagar, Shivamogga , Chikkamagaluru and Mysuru districts.

Scattered heavy rainfall is very likely to occur over Hassan, Mandya and Ramanagara districts while moderate rain is very likely to occur at most places over Tumkur, Bengaluru Rural, Bengaluru Urban, Chikkaballapura, Chitradurga and Kolar districts.

Also, the IMD has predicted that light rains are very likely to occur at a few places over the remaining districts of North Interior Karnataka.

For December 2 and 3, IMD predicts bad weather with wind speeds of 35 kmph to 45 kmph gusting to 55 kmph likely to prevail along the south Karnataka coast and fishermen have been advised not to enter the above sea areas during the mentioned period.

Meanwhile, in view of incessant rains due to the impact of Cyclone Fengal, Deputy Commissioners of Kolar, Chikkaballapura, Chamarajanagara and Mysuru have declared a holiday for schools and colleges in these districts on December 2 as a precautionary measure.

For December 3, IMD officials have predicted isolated heavy rain over Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, Mysuru, Kodagu, Ramanagara, Chamarajanagar districts.

“Moderate rains are very likely to occur at many places over Tumkur, Bengaluru Rural, Bengaluru Urban, Chikkaballapura and Kolar districts while light to moderate rains are very likely to occur at many places over Uttara Kannada district and the remaining districts of South Interior Karnataka,” states the IMD. PTI