India Meteorological Department (IMD) Scientist Dr Geetha Agnihotri on September 06 told the media that Coastal and North interior Karnataka would witness widespread rains for the next 5 days. She said, “Today’s rainfall report for Bengaluru is: Electronic City-8 cms, City office-4 cms, International airport-9.6 mm and HAL airport-5 cms. Heavy rain for next 2-3 days in Bengaluru, yellow alert was issued for today. Widespread rains for next 5 days in coastal and North interior Karnataka, 3 days widespread rains followed by fairly widespread rains in the next 2 days in South interior Karnataka.”