"heavy-rains"

The rain, which continued till the morning hours of Wednesday, has disrupted power supply in many areas and thrown normal life out of gear.

According to zoo authorities, areas like the safari park, bear moat and primate area were the most affected ones.

The Cyberabad traffic police have advised people coming from Bengaluru to take the following alternative route to reach the city.

At 6 pm, the water level at Hussain Sagar was recorded at 513.59 m against the FTL of 513.41 m. Officials said there was no need to panic and said the situation was under control

Teams of the GHMC's Disaster Response Force used boats to shift the families out from their houses to safer places or their relative’s places.

Talking to media persons, Agriculture minister K. Kannababu said that the weather forecast spoke of more rains for another two days and in the wake of this, special teams were set up to assess crop damage.

Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kannur and Kasaragod districts have been issued yellow alert on Thursday.

IMD warns of heavy rains during next 72 hours, KTR directs GHMC to stay alert

CP Anjani Kumar asked officials to be alert, especially at lowlying areas along the Musi River, Tank Bund, Mir Alam and other areas where inundation issues are reported usually

He directed officials to get residents in old and dilapidated buildings vacated and to shift them to safer places. As per the weather forecast, there is the likelihood of very heavy rainfall from tonight till Thursday.

During the last 24 hours, Serilingampally recorded the maximum rainfall of (63.5 mm) and across the State, Dubbak in Siddipet registered the maximum rainfall of (104.8 mm).

Heavy rains are lashing at several places across the State since Saturday evening.