71 killed due to excessive pre-monsoon rains in Karnataka since April
The Hindu
2025 pre-monsoon season in Karnataka sees record rainfall, leading to casualties, crop damage, and emergency response preparations.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's office on Saturday (May 31, 2025) said that 71 people lost their lives due to excessive pre-monsoon showers in the state since April.
The pre-monsoon rains in 2025 is the highest rainfall recorded during the pre-monsoon seasons and in the month of May in the last 125 years, the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said in a statement.
The State normally receives 74 mm of rainfall in May, but the actual rainfall was 219 mm, which is 197% higher than the average normal rainfall, it said.
Similarly, in the pre-monsoon period of 2025 (March 1 to May 31), the State normally receives 115 mm of rainfall, but the actual rainfall was 286 mm, which is 149% higher than the average normal rainfall.
The rainfall, including thunderstorms and gales, was observed across the state during the 2025 pre-monsoon period (March 1 to May 31), with all districts receiving very high and above normal rainfall, the statement said.
During the period from April 1 to May 31, 48 people were killed due to lightning, nine due to falling of trees, five due to house collapse, four due to drowning, four due to landslide and one due to electrocution, it added.
A total of 71 lives were lost and an emergency compensation of ₹5 lakh has been distributed to the heirs of the deceased, the statement said.
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