A waterlogged street at Yamuna Nagar in Attakulangara in Thiruvananthapuram following pre-monsoon thunderstorm on May 30, 2026.
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The sound of falling rain no longer seems soothing to residents in downtown Thiruvananthapuram. Over the years, residents and businesses in the city’s prime commercial area, comprising Chalai, Thampanoor, Pazhavangadi, and East Fort localities, have come to dread the rains.When pre-monsoon showers pummelled the city on Saturday, the residents in Pazhavangadi, for one, went into firefighting mode. The stormwater overwhelmed the network of drains. The muddy silt-laden runoff backed up into the streets, flooding homes, swamping shops, and turning roads and footpaths into streams, inconveniencing residents, traders, motorists and pedestrians alike. The scenes of water rushing over roads and sidewalks were a staple of television news broadcasts that day. Mini, who owns a stall in front of the Pazhavangadi Ganapathy temple, says she has rarely experienced flash flooding of Saturday’s magnitude. Ms Mini has owned the store since 2014.
Passengers take refuge on elevated surfaces at the KSRTC bus stand at East Fort following severe waterlogging caused by pre-monsoon thunderstorm on May 30, 2026.
