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Bengaluru sees heaviest August rainfall since 1890

Bengaluru early on Tuesday witnessed a record 180 mm rainfall in barely three hours, the heaviest downpour in August in over 100 years. The rains wreaked havoc across the city, crippling normal life, flooding roads and houses in many localities and dampened the 71st Independence Day celebrations. “As the downpour in just three hours (3 …

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August 16, 2017