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Light rainfall in city

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: The city received light rainfall on Sunday. According to the Meteorological Department, the rainfall recorded was 0.2 mm (till 8.30 p.m.), while it was 1 mm at the airport.

It started raining around 7 p.m. and lasted for nearly an hour. Thunder and lightning continued throughout the night.

There were reports of tree fall from Mathikere and Kodigehalli. However, there were no traffic hold-ups.

According to Anand L. Koppar, Director of the Meteorological Department, the city will receive another spell of rain in the next two days. He said this pre-monsoon rainfall was because of thunderstorm activity trigged by the instability caused due to heat and other atmospheric factors.

He said pre-monsoon rainfall generally occurs in mid-March in the city and it has happened a week early this time.

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