Karnataka Heavy Rain Alert: School holiday on July 18 in this district

Karnataka Heavy Rain Alert: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued red and orange alerts for several districts in Karnataka due to ongoing heavy rainfall.

Kodagu districts in Karnataka have declared school holidays for July 18 due to heavy rainfall and weather alerts issued by the IMD. Holiday declared for anganwadis, primary and high schools, and pre-university colleges on Thursday, July 17, and likely to continue on Friday, July 18, due to heavy rainfall in Kodagu districts.

Weather Report in Karnataka:

Red Alert (Extremely Heavy Rainfall):

While specific “Red Alerts” for today, July 17, 2025, for Karnataka aren’t explicitly mentioned as a direct “Red Alert” warning (IMD often uses the color red to mean “Take Action” for significant weather events, not necessarily only “Red Alert”), the forecast indicates conditions equivalent to red alert levels in certain areas.

Specifically, for July 18, 2025 (tomorrow), the IMD has predicted:

Extremely Heavy Rain with strong surface winds over South Interior Karnataka (which includes districts like Chikkamagaluru, Hassan, Kodagu, Shivamogga, etc.). This implies a red alert level for these areas.

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Very Heavy Rain (often associated with Orange Alert):

Coastal Karnataka (Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Uttara Kannada districts). These districts have already been experiencing significant rainfall and have had school holidays declared.
South Interior Karnataka (Chikkamagaluru, Hassan, Kodagu districts).

Heavy Rain (often associated with Yellow Alert):

North Interior Karnataka (Belagavi, Dharwad, Haveri, Gadag, Bagalkot, Bidar, Kalaburgi, Koppal, Raichur, Vijayapura and Yadgir districts) is expected to receive heavy rain.
Other districts in South Interior Karnataka such as Kolar, Chikkaballapura, Shivamogga, Chamarajanagar, Mysuru, Mandya, Bengaluru Rural and Bengaluru Urban are also expected to see heavy rain.