"heavy-rains"

"Property loss cannot be prevented during such disasters. But we are making all efforts to avoid loss of lives including forcible eviction. I express my heartfelt condolences to those who died in these incidents,"

Heavy rain (6 cm to 12 cm) has recorded in six mandals in Warangal Urban district including Warangal, Hanamkonda and Hasanparthy mandals.

Siddipet district has received 110 mm average rainfall as Mulugu witnessed a record 210 mm rain during the past 24 hours at 8.30 am on Wednesday.

The project, which was having 24TMCft by Tuesday evening, has got a huge over one lakh inflow on Wednesday.

The Vice President sympathised with those affected by the excessive rains and urged all the people to follow the administration's directions to stay safe.

If required, services of staff working at different Basti Dawakhanas in the vicinity should be utilised to extend medical services and treatment, he said.

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.