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Within a span of 30 minutes, from 8:30 am to 9:00 am on Thursday, the suburb of Gachibowli witnessed a heavy rainfall of 13 mm.

The heat wave is very likely to continue in isolated pockets over Vidarbha and abatement thereafter.

IMD said the cyclone would intensify further gradually during the next 48 hours and move nearly north-northwestwards during the next 3 days.

There is also a possibility of thunderstorms with lightning at isolated places over Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Yanam, South Coastal Andhra Pradesh, and Rayalaseema.

Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and gusty winds with a speed of 40-50 kmph likely at isolated places over NCAP & Yanam, SCAP and Rayalaseema," IMD stated in their bulletin.

The downpour started in Rajendranagar and gradually covered Charminar, Saroornagar, LB Nagar, and eventually the entire Hyderabad.

India Meteorological Department-Hyderabad (IMD-H) has also warned that hailstorms could occur towards the evening or night, adding to the already challenging weather conditions.

APSDMA also stated that a few districts like Machilipatnam and Anantapur will witness a generally cloudy sky with the possibility of rain or thunderstorms from April 21 to 26.

The criteria for declaring a heat wave include, if the maximum temperature of a station reaches at least 40 degrees Celsius or more for plains and at least 30 degree Celsius or more for hilly regions.

Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University's advisory suggests several precautionary measures that farmers can take to minimise damage caused by heavy rains and hailstones.

In the last 24 hours till 8:30 on Wednesday, the minimum temperature plunged to 10.2 degrees Celsius at Ramachandrapuram and Patancheruvu

The low pressure area, which has been formed over southeast and east-central Bay of Bengal, is likely to deepen into a depression by October 22 and into a cyclonic storm by October 24.

Hyderabad: The India Meteorological  Department (IMD) has issued rain red alert of heavy to very heavy with extremely heavy rain for Adilabad, Komaram Bheem Asifabad, Mancherial, Nirmal, Nizamabad, Jagityal, Peddapally and Jayashankar Bhupalapally districts till Wednesday. Similarly, orange alert forecast of heavy to very heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places in Rajanna […]

Hyderabad: The residents of Hyderabad on Saturday woke up to cloudy skies as officials with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the city could receive light to moderate rainfall for the next four days. The department has forecast generally a cloudy sky with one or two spells of rain or thundershowers till July 6. Since […]

New Delhi: Southwest monsoon has covered the entire country as it brought seasonal rains to Gujarat and Rajasthan, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday. “Southwest monsoon has covered the entire country on Saturday, six days before the normal date of July 8,” the weather office said. The southwest monsoon had its onset over […]

New Delhi: India is set to deploy drones to gather atmospheric data that is currently collated by sending sensors through weather balloons released from at least 55 locations across the country twice every day. The sensors embedded in a radiosonde, which is a telemetry instrument carried by a weather balloon, record atmospheric pressure, temperature, wind […]

Hyderabad: After experiencing intense heat on Sunday until the afternoon, Hyderabad may get some relief as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) – Hyderabad has forecasted rain in the city for the next three hours, according to a press release issued around 3 pm. “Light to moderate thunderstorms with rain accompanied by lightning and gusty winds […]

New Delhi: The much awaited Southwest Monsoon reached Kerala on Sunday, three days ahead of its normal date of onset of June 1, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. For the agrarian economy, the news of onset of SW monsoon – termed as the real finance minister of India – over Kerala is the most awaited […]

Hyderabad: After days of scorching heat, there could be some respite to the people of Telangana , as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) – Hyderabad on Tuesday has predicted light to moderate rainfall in some parts of the state in next three hours. “Light to moderate rain/thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and gutsy winds upto 30 […]

New Delhi: Already reeling under a deadly heatwave, a few places in Delhi are likely to see the mercury touch the 46-degree Celsius mark on Friday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The Safdarjung observatory — Delhi’s base station — had recorded a maximum temperature of 43.5 degrees Celsius on Thursday, the highest in April […]