Strong Thunderstorm Hits Bengaluru

Bengaluru is in the midst of a strong thunderstorm that uprooted trees and sent people running for their lives. On Friday, the thunderstorm hit the city that killed three members of a family after a tree fell on their car.

The police reported that a 38 year old woman with her brother and husband were the victims of the thunderstorm.

The city experienced a heavy downpour of rain flooding a lot of the low lying areas in Bengaluru.

The traffic became severe on Friday as the uprooted trees blocked multiple roads and many of them were waterlogged.

The areas of Banashankari, Richmond Road, Gali Anjaneya Temple, Vijayanagar, Majestic, Shanthinagar, BTM Layout, Madivala and Sarjapura Road were the ones affected the most by the rains.

The IMD recorded the rain at 62.4 mm at 8:30 P.M. The department informed that the rains were due to the cyclonic circulation in the Bay of Bengal. They also warned that the heavy rains would continue for another 48 hours.