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The India Meteorological Department has issued a weather warning in multiple parts of Karnataka as rainfall has intensified in the state. The weather department has placed a red alert in several districts due to the movement of the monsoon system toward the southern part of the country, triggering heavy rainfall. 

Coastal areas like including Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, and Kodagu, are under the highest-level warning due to anticipated heavy rainfall and strong winds.

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With the anticipation of widespread rainfall, an orange alert has been declared for Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Kodagu, Chikkamagaluru, and Shivamogga districts. 

As per the weather forecast released by the meteorological department, rain is likely to continue for the next three to four days. 

The Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre on its official X handle issued the alert stating, "Scattered to widespread moderate rainfall is likely over the coastal and Malnad districts of the state, with heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places and the heaviest rainfall expected over the coastal districts today. Scattered to widespread rainfall over the interior districts."

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