71 killed due to excessive pre-monsoon rains in Karnataka since April

Rainwater from overflowing raja kaluve (storm water drain) inundates Shivanagar primary street close to Pandeshwar in Mangaluru on Could 30, 2025.
| Picture Credit score: ANIL KUMAR SAASTRY

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s workplace on Saturday (Could 31, 2025) mentioned that 71 folks misplaced their lives because of extreme pre-monsoon showers within the state since April.

The pre-monsoon rains in 2025 is the best rainfall recorded throughout the pre-monsoon seasons and within the month of Could within the final 125 years, the Chief Minister’s Workplace (CMO) mentioned in a press release.

The State usually receives 74 mm of rainfall in Could, however the precise rainfall was 219 mm, which is 197% larger than the typical regular rainfall, it mentioned.

Equally, within the pre-monsoon interval of 2025 (March 1 to Could 31), the State usually receives 115 mm of rainfall, however the precise rainfall was 286 mm, which is 149% larger than the typical regular rainfall.

The rainfall, together with thunderstorms and gales, was noticed throughout the state throughout the 2025 pre-monsoon interval (March 1 to Could 31), with all districts receiving very excessive and above regular rainfall, the assertion mentioned.

In the course of the interval from April 1 to Could 31, 48 folks have been killed because of lightning, 9 because of falling of bushes, 5 because of home collapse, 4 because of drowning, 4 because of landslide and one because of electrocution, it added.

A complete of 71 lives have been misplaced and an emergency compensation of ₹5 lakh has been distributed to the heirs of the deceased, the assertion mentioned.

It mentioned that 702 animal losses occurred, out of which compensation has already been distributed to the involved in 698 animal loss circumstances. (Giant animals – 225 and small animals – 477).

The assertion mentioned that 2,068 homes have reportedly been broken, out of which compensation has already been distributed to 1,926 homes. (totally broken – 75 and partial harm – 1993).

A complete of 15,378.32 hectares of crops have been broken, (agricultural crops – 11915.66 hectares and horticulture – 3462.66 hectares), mentioned officers, including that crop harm particulars have been supplied to be entered within the compensation software program and the compensation fee course of is in progress.

As per the revised 2025 Southwest Monsoon Forecast launched by the India Meteorological Division on Could 27, there’s a risk of above regular rainfall throughout the state throughout the 2025 Southwest Monsoon (June-September) interval and aside from a couple of districts within the southern inside, all of the remaining districts are prone to obtain regular and above regular rainfall in June.

There are a complete of 5 NDRF groups within the state, out of which 4 groups have already been deployed, one every for Kodagu, Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada districts for emergency response throughout the monsoon season.

One other workforce is in Bengaluru. Other than this, the hearth brigade, SDRF and different emergency service groups shall be obtainable for emergency response and rescue operations as required.

As on Could 31, the whole storage in 14 main reservoirs of the state was 316.01 TMC, which is 35% of the whole storage capability (895.62 TMC) as towards 179.95 TMC (about 20% of the capability) throughout the identical interval final yr, the CMO mentioned.

Total, the most important reservoirs of the state recorded a cumulative influx of about 718,193 cusecs (62.05 TMC) between Could 19 and Could 29, with the influx typically rising from Could 25 because of widespread and heavy rainfall within the catchment areas.