What is 2020 Karnataka Floods?
{{Infobox settlement | name = Almatti Dam | official_name = Lal Bahadur Shastri Dam | image_skyline = Lal Bahadur Shastri Dam(Almatti Dam) in Vijayapura District.jpg | caption = Lal Bahadur Shastri Dam(Almatti Dam) in Vijayapura District | coordinates = 16.3320,75.8878 }} The South Indian state of [[Karnataka]] experienced heavy floods on 18 August 2020<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-17|title=Central Water Commission issues flood forecast for Karnataka|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/central-water-commission-issues-flood-forecast-for-karnataka-874545.html|access-date=2021-04-29|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref> continuing till late October due to heavy rainfall. This was added trouble to the existing problem of [[pandemic]] caused by the virus, COVID19. Even before flood hit the areas, the [https://www.ksndmc.org/Default.aspx Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429053750/https://www.ksndmc.org/Default.aspx |date=2021-04-29 }} predicted floods in<ref>{{Cite web|title=Amid pandemic, Karnataka stares at floods again|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2020/jun/27/amid-pandemic-karnataka-stares-at-floods-again-2161970.html|access-date=2021-04-29|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> the month of June itself, basing the observation on destruction caused in [[2019 Karnataka floods|2019 floods]] of the state. The flood fury was seen in 23 districts of the state, out of which the [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malenadu Malenadu] region and all the districts of [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karavali Coastal Karnataka] were declared in flood zones.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-10|title=Karnataka declares 130 taluks as flood-hit zones|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/karnataka-declares-130-taluks-as-flood-hit-zones-885630.html|access-date=2021-04-29|website=Deccan Heral