New Delhi, May 17 -- Heavy rainfall lashed several districts of Karnataka, including Bengaluru, and Tamil Nadu on Sunday morning amid a yellow alert from the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

The current wet weather across the coastal states is being driven by a well-marked low-pressure area over the southwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal.

Bengaluru is currently experiencing moderate to heavy pre-monsoon showers. Today, the city is likely to see partly to generally cloudy skies with spells of rain and thunderstorms. The bulk of the weather activity is expected during the late afternoon and evening hours.

The weather agency has issued a yellow alert for Bengaluru for the next three days, saying that the sky will remain ...