Finally, after a long wait of five months, Bengaluru woke up to yet another day with rain showers! Bringing respite from heatwaves and soaring temperatures, these rain showers are accompanied by pleasant winds. The relief brought by these rains can be understood from the many posts on social media right now! People in the city are happy with this turn of weather and are posting about the local rainfall situation on X (formerly Twitter). Read on to read some of the best reactions.
Rain Showers Bring Respite To Bengaluru
Bengaluru experienced its last rainfall in November 2023. After a wait of five months, the city experienced its first rainfall of the season on Thursday and woke up to another spell of heavy rainfall today! Many parts of the city received light to moderate rainfall yesterday. Breaking Bengaluru’s dry spell, rain continued to grace the city for the second day in a row.
Areas like Banashankari, Vijayanagar, Ulsoor, Indiranagar, Marathahalli, CV Raman Nagar, Ramamurthy Nagar, KR Puram, Hoodi, Mahadevapura, Banaswadi, and Frazer Town received rainfall today and yesterday. It has been reported that this is the first rainfall in the city after 162 days – making it the longest dry spell experienced by the city since 1983.
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“Bengaluru Feels Like Bengaluru Again,” Says The Internet!
The respite and relief brought by these rain showers in Bengaluru could be seen in the reactions online. People posted videos and pictures of heavy rainfall, winds, and pleasant weather on social media and their happiness with the weather shift was quite apparent. Here are some posts from X (formerly Twitter) that’ll give you an insight into how Bengalureans are feeling right now!
That’s brutal 🤩🤩🤩 @BTMLayout #bangalorerains #BengaluruRains pic.twitter.com/Um22T32TuX
— Naveen Reddy (@navin_ankampali) May 3, 2024
Rains finally arrived at Namma Bengaluru this is first Rain of the season giving some kind of relief from the heat wave. Bengaluru record as much as 39 degree which is second highest temperature in last 5 Decades. pic.twitter.com/mlKdSDi9LT
— Anil Bharadwaj (@anilbharadwaj99) May 2, 2024
And the Rain is Back in Bengaluru ..
Thunder, lightning and Rain..
Back to the familiar weather~ Nature to the rescue
~ Manifesting more of these
~ Bangalore Rains pic.twitter.com/IAJRAzihfT— #Arif (@mdarifkhan87) May 2, 2024
Rains in Electronic City, views from @TitanCompanyLtd ♥️@BngWeather @Bnglrweatherman #BengaluruRains pic.twitter.com/LnBpmft3gv
— hulyalcat (@hulyalcat) May 3, 2024
Finally finally… ವರುಣ ದೇವನ ಕೃಪೆ ಶ್ರೀರಾಂಪುರ ಮಲ್ಲೇಶ್ವರ ದಲ್ಲಿ….#ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು #BengaluruRains pic.twitter.com/3bGxt1ld78
— What's in the Name..🪷🇮🇳🇺🇸 (@sureshbabukrish) May 3, 2024
Strong wind, rain lashing Old Madras Road near Kadugodi #bangalorerains #Bengaluru pic.twitter.com/BSLV2e89dn
— SuchDesh (@suchitrade10) May 3, 2024
Kids enjoying a few mins of rains in holiday village road adjacent to Kanakapura Road! @nkaggere @Nithya_Mandyam @iffathfathima6 @Sudarshanvk2 @HitaPrakash @naveenm01 @ninacgeorge pic.twitter.com/MZWj5WoWIq
— ChangeMakers of Kanakapura Road (CMKR) ® (@_kanakapuraroad) May 2, 2024
It is raining again here in North #Bangalore 🙌🏻❣️❣️❣️
What a relief!#BengaluruRains pic.twitter.com/NNB7Wh4W7I— Prachi Pareekh (@prachipareekh) May 3, 2024
Big relief to the drought affected residents of Bengaluru
Medium showers for the second day running #BengaluruRains pic.twitter.com/YwtCB49uxS— Sandeep Gupta 🇮🇳 (@sandeepblore) May 3, 2024
Hope this rain brings some relief to Namma Bengaluru. Temperature wise as well as water wise.
— Lozil Noronha (@Lozil) May 3, 2024
Thank god, it's raining today also in Namma Bengaluru ❤️
Praying for heavy rains 🙏 #BengaluruRains pic.twitter.com/IetTdhCcMQ
— Options Inversion (@OptionInversion) May 3, 2024
Turned into Chikmangalur in few minutes #BengaluruRains pic.twitter.com/bCb5grruxz
— vijaykumar (@uufvijaykumar) May 3, 2024
2.50 PM Update:
Now the rains have got heavy in Gottigere.
Good fun 😊 #BengaluruRains #BangaloreRain pic.twitter.com/j4zWJWkVcR— Namma Karnataka Weather (@namma_vjy) May 3, 2024
#BengaluruRains #jayanagar pic.twitter.com/Qr5YHY7oB2
— Bhagath chaitanya (@Bhagath_2001) May 3, 2024
Dekho baarish ho rahi hai ⛈️⚡️😍🥰 #BengaluruRains😍⚡️⚡️ ☔️ 🌧️ pic.twitter.com/XyHQhRdmcf
— 𝐈𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐢 (Modi ji ka Parivar) always (@IshitaJoshi) May 3, 2024
Wow! This is Just wow!!!
It's raining HEAVILY!!#BengaluruRains pic.twitter.com/PMW70dUIgQ— RK (@RohKTweets) May 3, 2024
Bangalore is Bangaloring the way Bangalore Bangalores #BengaluruRains
— Nitisha Jarugumilli (@jabtwtmetnits) May 3, 2024
You can grasp the desperation of people in Bengaluru and their joy now just from these posts on the internet! How’s the weather in your area? Let us know in the comments.
Cover Image Courtesy: X/@RohKTweets, X/@BengaluruFC_777 & X/@jabtwtmetnits
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