Bengaluru, Aug 16: Karnataka continues to grapple with a prolonged dry spell, with the southwest monsoon weakening further across the state and the cumulative rainfall deficit widening to 30%.

No part of Karnataka recorded heavy rainfall during the past 24 hours, highlighting the continued weakening of monsoon activity.

Despite the overall dry conditions, parts of coastal Karnataka received relatively higher rainfall on Saturday. Hebri in Udupi district recorded the highest rainfall in the state at 76 mm, followed by Hemmadi with 71 mm and Nadaplu with 61 mm, both also located in Udupi district.

Since the onset of the southwest monsoon, Karnataka has received 419 mm of rainfall, around 30% below the normal average for the corresponding period.

The dry spell has also begun to affect inflows into the state’s major reservoirs. While inflows to several reservoirs declined on Saturday, the Almatti reservoir received the highest inflow of 33,891 cusecs, followed by the Tungabhadra reservoir, which recorded an inflow of 25,263 cusecs. Tungabhadra’s outflow stood at 5,768 cusecs.

Inflows into reservoirs in the Cauvery basin remained largely unchanged from Friday, with inflows recorded at around 15,000 cusecs, while the outflow stood at 14,690 cusecs.

Karnataka’s major reservoirs currently hold a combined storage of 666.45 thousand million cubic feet (tmcft) of water.