Bengaluru:  The axis of the monsoon trough at mean sea level now passes through the low-pressure area over the coastal areas of  Nortehrn and Southern States. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecasted heavy rain and strong winds for another two days in Bengaluru. Orange alerts had been issued in Hassan, Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Chikmagalur and Shimoga districts, IMD Director (Weather and Forecast) C.S. Patil said.

Continuous rainfall has thrown life out of gear all across the state. A 70-year-old man died due to drowning in an overflowing rivulet in Kodagu on Wednesday. Incidents of landslides have been reported from the Dakshina Kannada district where roads are being inundated by overflowing rivers.Many districts including Bidar, Kalaburgi, Raichur, Yadgir in north Karnataka are also affected by the rainfall.

Also, the cyclonic circulation over south Odishanorth Andhra Pradesh coasts now lies over south Chhattisgarh and its neighbourhood and extends up to mid-tropospheric levels tilting south-westwards with a height. Under the influence of these conditions, the western parts of the state will witness heavy rainfall on July 16 and 17' - Meteorological Department officials said.

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