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Hyderabad: Three persons, including a newly married woman died and a boy was reported missing, in separate rain-related incidents in Telangana over the past 24 hours, police said on Monday. Two women including a bride died in Vikarabad district after their car with four other occupants, including the groom, was swept away on Sunday night […]

Hyderabad: After two to three days of heat and sunny weather, people in Hyderabad were able to breathe a sigh of relief. Light to heavy rains were witnessed in several localities and the overnight spell of this has impacted the temperature. The overnight drizzle in several localities led to a noticeable dip in city’s temperature […]

Asifabad: A 30-year-old daily wage earner was washed away in a flooded stream while his wife and friend managed to escape the flood fury at Sungapur village in Tiryani mandal on Sunday night. The incident came to light on Monday. The body is yet to be traced. Tiryani Sub-Inspector P Rama Rao said the deceased, […]

The police led by Three Town inspector Praveen Kumar reached the spot after they were alerted by the locals

The sudden showers, which took commuters on the road by surprise, also triggered traffic jams in some areas, with waterlogging being reported on several thoroughfares

As of 9:00 a.m. local time (1:00 GMT) 530 mm of rainfall were recorded in Liulin, with floodwaters rising to up to 5 meters (16 feet).

Eyewitnesses claimed the administration team could not reach the spot in time due to lack of a proper road connecting the village.

The Delhi Police and the East Delhi district administration have started evacuating people living on the floodplains of the Yamuna in the capital.

The district administration is arranging the necessary equipment at the spot for a prompt rescue operation by the NDRF.

Almost half of Velus village located near Valpoi town in Sattari, is inundated, while several other villages were cut off as roads and culverts are under water, eyewitnesses said.

The Indian Meteorological Department had sounded a red alert for Telangana on Thursday, warning of heavy to very heavy rains in several districts of the State.

As many as 13 mandals received large excess rainfall, and irrigation projects were brimming with water.

The widespread rains are being attributed to an active southwest monsoon as well as a cyclonic circulation lying over northwest Bay of Bengal in the middle and upper tropospheric levels.

The highest rainfall of 91.0 mm was recorded in Kathalapur mandal of Jagitial district while Gangadhara of Karimnagar district received 81.3 mm.

Till 6 p.m on Monday, Jurala project received 1.23 lakh cusecs, and authorities lifted 20 gates to release 1.51 lakh cusecs of water downstream to Srisailam

By evening several parts in the city and suburbs were lashed by heavy rain with Chandulal Baradari in Bahadurpura receiving the city’s highest rainfall of 50.30 mm

Local train services are currently running only for personnel engaged in health and other essential services.

Till 8 am on Thursday, Chegunta in Medak recorded the highest rainfall of 227.5 mm, followed by Thatiannaram in Rangareddy.

The highest rainfall of 145.3 mm was recorded in Kathalapur of Jagitial district followed by 110.5 mm in Rudrangi of Rajanna-Sircilla district, and 119.0 mm in Govindaram of Jagitial.

The highest rainfall of 88.5 mm was recorded in Tadikal on Sunday followed by 76.5 mm in Kothagattu of Shankarapatnam mandal.