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A shepherd stranded on a rock in the Godavari river near Munipelli village, Nirmal, for over 30 hours was rescued on Thursday. NDRF teams, with the help of drones and boats, finally brought him to safety, easing his family’s fears.

Heavy inflows were recorded in major irrigation projects of Adilabad, including Kaddam, Swarna and Kumram Bheem, after incessant rains in upstream areas. Officials lifted gates to release water and cautioned residents in low-lying areas to remain alert

Heavy rains lashed erstwhile Adilabad, Mancherial and Asifabad districts, submerging bridges, flooding colonies and cutting off villages. Tamsi mandal recorded 173 mm rainfall, the highest in Telangana. Farmers reported damage to cotton and other crops and sought official surveys and relief

Heavy rainfall across Telangana disrupted normal life on Thursday night, flooding roads and buildings in multiple districts. A bridge collapsed in Mulugu, and one person died in Narayanpet. The Met Department has forecast more rain in the coming days

The Hyderabad MET department has issued heavy to very heavy rainfall alerts for several Telangana districts for the next three days. Northern districts face an orange alert, while Hyderabad may see thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds throughout the week

Peddapalli town as well as surrounding areas witnessed heavy rainfall. Paddy stored in purchasing centres was soaked in rainwater.

Meanwhile, Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, who was also present along with the Union Minister, convinced the people that the government would extend all possible support

The rains will gradually decrease across the State, with a break in the monsoon expected from September 10 to 16

Major irrigation projects such as Sripada Yellampalli, Mid Manair, Lower Manair as well as minor irrigation sources such as tanks, ponds and others are filled with bountiful amounts of water

MHA Disaster Management Division Director, Ashish V Gawai also said the Central government had deployed seven teams of NDRF along with boats and life-saving equipment in the State for rescue and relief operation

Mancherial district recorded an average rainfall of 32 mm, with Hajipur mandal receiving the highest amount. Mancherial, Kasipet, Luxettipet, Mandamarri, and Naspur mandals saw rainfall ranging from 75 mm to 56 mm. From June 1 to September 4, the district's actual rainfall was 875 mm, exceeding the normal 796.5 mm by 10%.

The average rainfall of Adilabad was gauged to be 29.4 according to a weather report published on website of Telangana Planning Development Society

The residents of flooded areas in the district have started to clean their houses that turned muddy due to rains and floodwaters

Collector Abhilasha Abhinav asked the managements of the institutions to take steps to prevent inconvenience to the pupils.

According to officials, 22 mandals of the total 26 received heavy rainfall during the period

It was said that there were around six persons travelling in the vehicle when the vehicle was swept away by the floodwaters as the driver tried to cross a bridge across the stream and got stuck to a tree.

The Prime Minister assured that helicopters would be deployed to provide emergency services in the adverse weather conditions

Irrigation authorities in both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are taking precautionary measures to handle the increasing flood flow by scaling up discharges at key projects

The National Highway No. 65 has been severely affected, with thousands of vehicles stranded as streams and rivers overflow, bringing vehicular traffic to a standstill.

He urged the citizens against stepping out unless absolutely necessary, in the wake of widespread rains lashing across the State.