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Karnataka School Closed: Dharwad Deputy Commissioner Divya Prabhu announced on Thursday that all Anganwadis, primary and high schools, as well as PU and degree colleges in the district, will be closed on June 12 due to a red alert issued by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) for Karnataka.

Karnataka Weather Update 

The IMD has issued a seven-day advisory for Karnataka, forecasting "widespread" rainfall across almost all districts through June 17.

The Hubballi area in Dharwad district, Karnataka, experienced heavy rainfall early Thursday, leading to severe waterlogging in several parts of the district, particularly in Hanashi village. 

According to the weather department, widespread rainfall is expected to continue in coastal and north interior Karnataka until June 17. Meanwhile, south interior Karnataka will see "fairly widespread" rainfall until June 14, followed by "widespread" rainfall over the next three days.

In coastal Karnataka districts, the IMD has forecast "heavy to very heavy rain with sustained wind at 30 to 40 kilometre per hour (kmph), which likely to occur at a few places and extremely heavy rain likely to occur at one or two places over Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada and Udupi districts."

In north interior Karnataka, "Heavy to very heavy rain with sustained wind at 50 to 60 kmph likely to occur at a few places and extremely heavy rain with sustained wind likely to occur at one or two places over Belagavi, Dharwad and Gadag districts."

"Heavy rain with sustained wind at 40 to 50 kmph is likely to occur at one or two places over Koppal, Haveri, Bagalkot, Vijayapura, Kalburgi and Raichur districts. Moderate rain with sustained wind at 40-50 kmph is likely to occur at most places over Bidar and Yadgir districts," IMD said in its report.

The weather department has forecasted heavy to very heavy rainfall accompanied by sustained winds of 50-60 kmph at several locations in south interior Karnataka. Additionally, extremely heavy rain with similar wind speeds is expected at one or two places in the Shivamogga, Chikkamagaluru, and Kodagu districts.

Bengaluru Districts To Witness Heavy Rain 

"Heavy rain with sustained wind (40-50 kmph) likely to occur at one or two places over Ballari, Bengaluru (Rural), Bengaluru (Urban), Chikkaballapura, Mandya, Ramanagara, Tumakuru, Mysuru, Davangere, Hassan and Vijayanagar districts. Moderate rain with sustained wind (40-50 kmph) is likely to occur at most places over Chamarajanagar, Chitradurga and Kolar districts," IMD said.

(With ANI Inputs)