The man, along with his motorcycle, floats around for a while, but then makes his way to the other side safely.
A biker narrowly escaped after being washed away by strong currents on a flooded road in Karnataka’s Tumakuru, which is 70 km northwest of Bengaluru. Parts of Karnataka have received heavy rains and more rains are expected.
In a video shared by news agency ANI, several people can be seen balancing themselves and holding against the strong currents on the flooded Tumakuru Road. A man is trying to pull a bike rider on the force of the currents but he slips. The man, along with his motorcycle, floats around for a while, but then makes his way to the other side safely.
In this 57-second clip, people with their two-wheelers are seen crossing a heavily flooded road. Another motorcycle can be seen swaying while locals try to stop it.
#Watch , Karnataka: A bike rider narrowly escaped by being washed away while crossing a flooded road in Tumakuru pic.twitter.com/qbNqefsBnD
— ANI (@ANI) November 20, 2021
It has been raining heavily in the area for the past few days.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted widespread light to moderate rainfall over rest of Karnataka with possibility of heavy rains over South Interior Karnataka (SIK), North Interior Karnataka (NIK), Malnad and Coastal Karnataka regions till Sunday morning. Is.
According to the IMD, widespread light to moderate rain with isolated heavy rain is very likely over Tumakuru, Chitradurga, Kolar, Chikkaballapura, Chamarajanagar and Davangere districts and very light to moderate rain in remaining districts of South Interior Karnataka region.
Heavy rain lashed the capital Bengaluru on Thursday. Schools were closed in Bengaluru urban and some other districts of south interior Karnataka due to heavy rain forecast.
Rain has also caused disruption in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.
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