Mangaluru: Rainfall in Dakshina Kannada broke another
record with rainfall in
June surpassing the cumulative average for the month by 35mm with four more days to go.
With this, the June month saw two records being broken. The other was rainfall exceeding the normal rainfall record for the first six months, by recording 59mm extra rainfall than what the district records from January to June by June 20 itself. As on June 26, the district in the first six months has received 300mm of excess rainfall.
The district recorded 82.5mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours from 8.30am of Monday. Bantwal taluk received the highest rainfall of 104mm, with Sullia aluk receiving the least at 49mm. Belthangady, Puttur and
Mangaluru taluks received 88mm, 78 and 98mm of rainfall, respectively. Last year, the district had received good rainfall at 90mm on the same day.
Till June 26, the district received 1,476mm of rainfall, 300 mm more than what it usually receives in six months. Last year, the district received 886mm in the first six months.
Of the five taluks, Mangaluru taluk received the highest rainfall at 1,663mm in the first six months – thanks to the May 29 deluge which recorded over 280mm of rainfall on a single day. With the six month normal rainfall for Mangaluru taluk being 1,248mm, the taluk has received 415mm of excess rainfall. Last year the six month rainfall was 833mm.
The other taluks also received good rainfall with Sullia receiving the least 1,285mm of rainfall, which is 270mm more than the normal six-month rainfall for Sullia taluk.
The water level in Nethravathi River at Bantwal was 4.4 metres with danger level being 8.5 metres. The water level of Nethravathi River at Uppinangady and Kumaradhara River were well below danger levels at 18 metres each with danger levels being 28.5 metres and 29.5 metres, respectively.