Bengaluru hit by heavy rains and hailstorm, users share videos on Twitter

Bengaluru experienced heavy rains and hailstorm on Sunday afternoon (Photo credit: twitter.com/@prakashrokaya82)

Heavy rains and hailstorm lashed Bengaluru on Sunday afternoon, disrupting normal activities for residents in different parts of the Karnataka capital.

Hail #bengalururainpic.twitter.com/sUNoA8nDNJ

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— Dr Deepak Krishnamurthy (@DrDeepakKrishn1) May 21, 2023

Heavy rains continue in #Bengaluru. Pre-Monsoon showers. #bengalururainpic.twitter.com/cCmmEl8RAD

— Pooja Prasanna (@PoojaPrasanna4) May 21, 2023

Bengaluru crowd: It is very sunny this summer. Bengaluru Weather: hold my coffee#bengalururain#bangalorerains#bengaluru#bangalore#rainspic.twitter.com/n3CLIFwj4O

— shaiksha (@shaik_says) May 21, 2023

Bengaluru rain always surprises the people. It was a normal day till 3pm. And suddenly This happened#bangalorerain#bengalururainpic.twitter.com/6205YvwBku

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— Prakash Rokaya (@prakashrokaya82) May 21, 2023

Not a scene from a disaster film, but very much live scenes of #hailstorm#bengalururain. That was literally breathtaking. @neel_kotepic.twitter.com/xs6WXl1IWZ

— Vijeth (@vijethbalila) May 21, 2023

#bengalururainpic.twitter.com/zB4lY3lAgn

— Lusan Das (@daslusan) May 21, 2023

The arrival of rain in the afternoon left Royal Challengers Bangalore fans on Twitter worried. The Faf du Plessis-led franchise play their last league game of IPL 2023 on Sunday evening against Gujarat Titans and need a win to qualify for The Playoffs, later this week.

God, remember you are playing with his Future #bengalururainpic.twitter.com/a5pWl8qtqF

— King Kariya (@KingKariyaa) May 21, 2023

Situation at Chinnaswamy Stadium right now.. hope the rain god shows some mercy. hope it stops by 6pm and rest our best underground drying system will take care.. #RCBvGT#bengalururainpic.twitter.com/xISXKZXjzQ

— Vinay Gowda (@v_nayk) May 21, 2023

Maleraya ivatt ondina bitbidayya #RCBvGG#FullChargeMaadi#BengaluruRainpic.twitter.com/I4RYZRFYHu

— Bengaluru Bulls (@BengaluruBulls) May 21, 2023

So dark, so early! Thunder and wind and rain. Some coffee. An #RCB match ahead. #Sunday evening…#Bengaluru#Rainpic.twitter.com/Gy5UCn10pz

— Maya Sharma (@MsMayaSharma) May 21, 2023