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Hyderabad: After pounding the State for nearly a week, rains took a break at several areas on Friday but the Telangana government continued relief and rescue operations along with the Army as the flood situation at Bhadrachalam remained grim. The Met department forecast of light to moderate rains at a few places in the State […]

Hyderabad: Heavy to very heavy rains continue to batter several areas across the State on Thursday. Overnight incessant rains that occurred at many places in the State continued on Thursday morning as well. Over 20 locations received 14 CM rainfall fall in the State. Highest rainfall of 23 CM was recorded at Arnakonda in Karimnagar, […]

Kumram Bheem Asifabad: Collector Rahul Raj urged people living in Kaghaznagar, Dahegaon, Bejjur and Penchikalpet mandals to be cautious of floods with Peddavagu, a tributary of Pranahita overflowing due to rains in upstream areas. In a statement, Rahul said that Kumram Bheem project was receiving over one lakh cusecs of inflows following rains in upstream […]

Hyderabad: With the rains continuing to lash the city, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) has taken up measures to make sure drinking water in the city has adequate amounts of residual chlorine i.e. 0.5 ppm (parts per million). Since the monsoon arrived, over five lakh chlorine tablets have been distributed in […]

Warangal: With the incessant rains battering many parts of erstwhile Warangal district, streams and rivulets are overflowing, and road connectivity for many villages was cut off in the Agency area. Low-lying areas were inundated causing hardships to the people living those areas. The River Godavari is swelling hour by hour. The water level at the […]

Karimnagar: A number of families in the erstwhile Karimnagar district were rendered homeless as their houses were dilapidated and could collapse anytime following the incessant rainfall during the last four days. Besides shifting them to safer places, essential commodities were provided to evacuated people by gram panchayats and mandal level officials. Manakondur MLA along with […]

Adilabad: Torrential rains continued to lash several parts of Kumram Bheem Asifabad, Adilabad, Nirmal and Mancherial districts for the fourth day on Tuesday, affecting normal life. The average rainfall of Kumram Bheem Asifabad district was measured to be 86 mm. Kerameri mandal had the highest rainfall by 186 mm, while Jainoor mandal received 183 mm […]

Hyderabasd: The South Central Railway (SCR) has further strengthened action plans to tackle heavy rains during the present monsoon season and identified 87 vulnerable sections and 915 bridges across the zone, where precautionary measures have been enhanced with round-the-clock surveillance. The field staff is also fully equipped with protective clothing and devices to undertake uninterrupted […]

Hyderabad: Amid incessant rains in the city, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board ( HMWSSB) warned citizens against opening manhole covers. “Don’t open manhole covers during rains. It is a punishable offence under section 74 and other provisions of HMWSSB Act,” the water board said, adding that open manholes pose a threat to […]

Medak: Following continuous rains in the river Manjeera’s catchment area, Ghanpur anicut (Vana Durga) Project, started overflowing on Monday. The project, built across river Manjeera near Sri Vana Durga Bhavani Temple in Papannapet Mandal, was having 350MCft storage capacity. It was having 25,000 acres of ayacut under both left and right bank canals. Farmers from […]

Adilabad: Erstwhile Adilabad district registered light rains, giving a breather to the public on Monday. According to a weather report available on Telangana State Development Planning Society, Mancherial district recorded an average rainfall of 62 mm up to 8.30 am. Vemanapalli received the highest rainfall of 157 mm, followed by Kotapalli which recorded 145 mm […]

Hyderabad: There is no respite from heavy rains in several parts of the State as incessant rains continue to lash on Monday. Nearly 20 locations in the State recorded over 10 CM rainfall. Till 7 am today, highest rainfall of 18.9 CM was recorded at Kollur in Mancherial, 16. 3 CM at Karkagudem in Bhadradri […]

Hyderabad: In the wake of torrential rains across the State, holidays have been declared for all educational institutions from July 11 to 13. Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao took a decision to this extent and directed the officials to take all necessary measures to ensure that there is no loss of life or property due […]

Adilabad: Heavy rains continued to lash erstwhile Adilabad district for the second day affecting normal life, on Sunday. Streams were flooded isolating many villages, wreaking havoc to farmers. Nirmal district, which was hit on Saturday, registered an average rainfall of 137 mm on Sunday upto 8.30 am. Tanur recieved the highest rainfall of 218 mm. […]

Nirmal: Low-lying areas of Bhainsa town were inundated by floods, forcing people to vacate their houses on Saturday. Vinayaknagar, Autonagar, Kubheer chowrasta, Rahul nagar and many other low-lying areas of the town were submerged due to the rains that occurred in the mandal. Rainwater entered the houses, causing inconvenience to the dwellers of these areas. […]

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Saturday asked Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar to take immediate protective measures in the wake of incessant rains across the State and instructed the government machinery to be on high alert. He instructed Somesh Kumar to conduct a video conference with officials of departments concerned including the Collectors of […]

Hyderabad: With rains lashing the city overnight, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) deployed its monsoon teams and Disaster Response Force (DRF) teams to attend to rain-related complaints. The teams pumped out water from low lying areas and main roads while tree branches that fell on the roads were also removed. Meanwhile, Mayor G Vijaya […]

Hyderabad: Incessant rains continue to lash several parts of Telangana for the third consecutive day on Saturday, affecting normal life. Northern and Eastern part of Telangana have been receiving heavy rainfall since Friday. Nizamabad, Nirmal and Adilabad and neighbouring areas were badly affected due to heavy rains. The Southwest monsoon has been active in Telangana […]

Hyderabad: Heavy rainfall has been lashing the State for the last few days with the India Meteorological Department issuing colour-coded alerts – green, yellow, orange, or red – in many regions. So, what are these colour codes, why are they used, and what do they signify? Why are colour codes used? The IMD issues colour […]

Hyderabad: As the monsoon intensified across the State, rains lashed parts of the city overnight on Tuesday. Several localities in the city, including Hayathnagar, Kapra, Uppal, Malkajgiri, Saroornagar, LB Nagar, Dilsukhnagar and Saidabad received heavy rains overnight. Till midnight, Kapra recorded the highest rainfall of 40 mm, followed by Uppal (31.5 mm), Serlingampalli (30.8 mm), […]