As rains continued to lash Coastal, Malnad, and parts of North Karnataka, flood alerts were issued in several places and people shifted from low-lying areas.
In Kodagu, local administration has managed to shift over a dozen families from the unsafe zone to the safe zone in Tora in Virajpet taluk, which faced a landslip in 2019 that claimed 10 lives. Meanwhile, heavy rain has been forecast in Kodagu on Friday with the IMD declaring an orange alert till 8.30 a.m.
