BENGALURU: Battered by heavy rain, Bengaluru is just a few steps away from breaking its own record set six decades ago. This could become the wettest May in the city’s history, with only 33mm rainfall required to surpass the 1959 record.
According to scientists at India Meteorological Department, Bengaluru, the city had witnessed a record rainfall of 287. 1mm in May 1959. “We have already received 254. 1mm of rain till May 18 and require another 33mm to break the 63-year-old record,” said a scientist. What is even more interesting is that the city received 45% of May’s rainfall on a single day (May 17) even though it left a trail of destruction.
