Three dead, as rain continues to batter some districts

Rain in the last two days has resulted in inundation of farmland, damage to roads and houses

While one youth was washed away in flash floods in Dharwad district, an elderly woman was washed away in Haveri district and another woman was struck by lightning in Belagavi district as rain continued to batter some districts in North Karnataka.

In Kalaburagi, it started raining heavily at around 3 a.m. on Thursday and it lasted over four hours.

Kalaburagi district recorded 11.6 mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours. Jewargi taluk recorded the highest rainfall of 22.1 mm followed by Kalaburagi taluk with 18.7 mm rainfall.

Aland taluk received 14.5 mm of rainfall and Chittapur taluk recorded 13 mm of rainfall. Shahabad and Kamalapur taluks recorded 11.8 mm and 11.3 mm of rainfall, respectively. Kalagi taluk received 10.8 mm of rainfall, while it was 7.7 mm in Afzalpur taluk.

Rainfall recorded in Chincholi taluk was 5.7 mm against a normal rainfall of 9.5 mm (40% deficiency) and Sedam recorded 0.9 mm rainfall against a normal 4.9 mm rainfall (82% deficiency).

Parts of Nimbarga village in Aland taluk and Andola in Jewargi taluk recorded the highest rainfall of 30.9 mm, followed by 26.3 mm rainfall in Patan village of Aland taluk in the district.

Meanwhile, six houses have been damaged in Hagari Bommanahalli taluk in Vijayanagar district.