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@Bnglrweatherman

A thunderstorm pop toward East of #Bengaluru. Thundering with light to moderate rains in many areas of East & SE

#BengaluruRains #BangaloreRains

Moving towards Nelamangala

*Correction: Please read East as West. Sorry 🙏

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@Reasonyourself

Bengaluru's infamous traffic, which usually triggers memes and on worse days causes delays in ambulances reaching critical patients, has thrown up an inspiring story.

On August 30, Dr Govind Nandakumar, a gastroenterology surgeon with Manipal hospitals, got stuck in traffic in the Sarjapur-Marathahalli stretch while he was on his way to perform a scheduled gallbladder surgery.

Mindful that his first patient for the day was already prepped for surgery and there were others who were also expecting their procedures to be performed later, Nandakumar got out of his car and ran to the hospital, which was around 3km away.

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Niranjan Kaggere

@nkaggere

1.Working relentlessly for 36 hours, Engineers & personnel of @chairmanbwssb have successfully drained out 20 feet of flooded water and repaired the machines by cleaning moisture in them at TK Halli pumping station. @TOIBengaluru #bengalururains #Bengaluru #water #Karnataka

2. Currently efforts R on to commission stand-by pumps at Tataguni-Harohalli stations. In the meantime about 200 tankers R supplying water to various localities on priority basis. @TOIBengaluru #BengaluruRain #Bengaluru #Karnataka #water @chairmanbwssb

3.Four pumps in 4 stage 2 phase station have already resumed pumping of 220 MLD water & the remaining one pump will also be operationalised by tonight according to @chairmanbwssb. @TOIBengaluru #BengaluruRain #Bengaluru #water #floods #Karnataka

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Tushar Giri Nath IAS

@BBMPCOMM

This is the second most wet rainy season seen by Bengaluru in the last 50 years. The torrential rains from 30th August to 4th September had been 5 times the normal rainfall. With 162 lakes full the rains have caused flooding, 1/4

#BBMPCares #BengaluruRains @CMofKarnataka

however the situation was brought under control quickly and the flooding is localised between two biggest lakes Bellandur and Varthur. The flooding is only limited to 5-6 sq km out of 800 Sq km area of Bengaluru. 2/4

#BBMPCares #BengaluruRains @BSBommai

Only Mahadevpura zone out of 8 zones got severely affected. We are using around 20 boats and equal number of pumps to evacuate and flush out the water. Action is taken to remove obstacles in the water ways to prevent flooding. 3/4

#BBMPCares #BengaluruRains @BBMPAdmn

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Pooja Hegde

@mepoohegde

This is Bengaluru, just in case if Internet made you think we are all floating!
#bengalururains

instagram.com/p/CiK3opTB_0w/…

Via WA. Published in Kannada newspaper.

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Kiran Kumar S

@KiranKS

#BengaluruFloods:
Bengaluru is a series of hills & valleys at 3100 ft above sea.

BBMP has 198 wards (soon 243).
741 sq. km. area.

80+% of city does NOT get flooded.

But if you live in a valley, chances of flood are high. Those were supposed to be lakes or paths to rivers.

#DH

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When it rains heavily, and if you live in a low lying valley in Bengaluru, the amount of rain above your home doesn't matter.

It is the cumulative effect of rain water flowing from multiple hills nearby which floods your roads, IT parks & apartments. Water follows gravity.

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Bengaluru has received the MOST amount of South West monsoon rain in its history, during 2022. And it has not ended yet. The next few days will be seeing massive rain.

Keep this in context when posting about #BengaluruRains.

Still majority of the city has done well.

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