Bengaluru rains, May 19 -- JCB backhoe loaders came to the rescue, as Bengaluru woke up to rivers instead of roads on Monday, caused by the relentless rainfall overnight.

Videos on social media showed Panathur Railway Under Bridge, among other areas completely inundated, with police officers using backhoe loaders to wade through the knee-deep waters. Several parts of the city including the popular Silk Board junction, Bommanahalli, HRBR layout were also waterlogged owing to the heavy downpour.

Karnataka's capital city was battered by an unrelenting downpour through the night of Sunday, May 18, into the early hours of Monday, May 19, as the city recorded its heaviest rainfall of the year. For nearly over six hours, it rained cats and dog...