<p>Bengaluru: The city will continue to receive light to moderate rains for the next five days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Bengaluru, has warned.</p><p>Although last week’s showers were restricted to a few areas, IMD says rain in the coming days will be more widespread.</p><p>"We think that 50% to 75% of the city will receive rainfall in the coming five days,” a senior IMD official said. The official said that rain, which will be accompanied by gusty winds, lightning, and thunder, will mostly start in the evening and night.</p><p>Heavy rains pounded the city on Sunday midnight, a trend that IMD said would continue for the rest of the week.</p><p>The city has received 45.9 mm rainfall in May so far, which IMD predicted would reach 128.7 mm — the average rain for May. </p>.Bengaluru loses 171 trees to rains in 6 days.<p><strong>Lowering temperature</strong></p><p>Rain brought the maximum temperature down in the recent days. From a maximum of 38 degrees Celsius on May 10, it came down to 30.4 degrees Celsius on Monday, the lowest since March.</p>.<p><strong>Waterlogging in metro stations</strong></p><p>Metro passengers faced inconvenience after rainwater entered the concourses of some stations following heavy rain late on Monday night.</p><p>Authorities had to shut some exit points and redirect passenger movements at the Kadugodi Tree Park station due to intense waterlogging in the concourse around midnight, a regular commuter said.</p>
<p>Bengaluru: The city will continue to receive light to moderate rains for the next five days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Bengaluru, has warned.</p><p>Although last week’s showers were restricted to a few areas, IMD says rain in the coming days will be more widespread.</p><p>"We think that 50% to 75% of the city will receive rainfall in the coming five days,” a senior IMD official said. The official said that rain, which will be accompanied by gusty winds, lightning, and thunder, will mostly start in the evening and night.</p><p>Heavy rains pounded the city on Sunday midnight, a trend that IMD said would continue for the rest of the week.</p><p>The city has received 45.9 mm rainfall in May so far, which IMD predicted would reach 128.7 mm — the average rain for May. </p>.Bengaluru loses 171 trees to rains in 6 days.<p><strong>Lowering temperature</strong></p><p>Rain brought the maximum temperature down in the recent days. From a maximum of 38 degrees Celsius on May 10, it came down to 30.4 degrees Celsius on Monday, the lowest since March.</p>.<p><strong>Waterlogging in metro stations</strong></p><p>Metro passengers faced inconvenience after rainwater entered the concourses of some stations following heavy rain late on Monday night.</p><p>Authorities had to shut some exit points and redirect passenger movements at the Kadugodi Tree Park station due to intense waterlogging in the concourse around midnight, a regular commuter said.</p>