Overview

• IMD places Bengaluru under a yellow alert with overcast skies and intermittent rain or thundershowers projected through October 15.
• Heavy evening showers on October 9 caused severe waterlogging in Whitefield, HSR Layout, Outer Ring Road and Electronics City, leading to gridlock and delays.
• City updates cited trees uprooted and branches snapped in gusty winds, with localized power interruptions reported in affected neighbourhoods.
• KSNDMC forecasts scattered to moderate rain in Karnataka through October 17 with isolated heavy spells in coastal, Malnad and south interior districts, and 30–40 kmph gusts around Bengaluru.
• IMD warns fishermen of 35–45 kmph winds, occasionally 55 kmph, over the Gulf of Mannar, Kanyakumari Sea and parts of the Arabian Sea, as southern states see heavy rain into October 12 and RMC Chennai signals northeast monsoon onset around October 16.