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Majority of the water bodies, which have been receiving huge inflows following incessant rains in their respective catchment areas for the past few days, are brimming at full capacity

Sirikonda mandal received the highest rainfall of 100 mm, followed by Bheempur which saw 69.5 mm of rainfall.

The highest rainfall of 88.5 mm was recorded in Tadikal on Sunday followed by 76.5 mm in Kothagattu of Shankarapatnam mandal.

Adilabad district’s average rainfall was assessed to be 68.2 mm of rainfall.

The areas around Ameerpet, Banjara Hills, Srinagar Colony, Begumpet, Khairatabad, Yousufguda and Shaikpet received showers along with thunder

Serilingampally, Kapra, Tirumalgiri, Quthbullapur and Balanagar witnessed heavy rainfall on Tuesday

On Sunday evening heavy winds and unexpected rains registered in Pitlam, Nizamsagar, Banswada and Bichkunda mandals of Kamareddy district

Rain water flooded the procurement centres at several places as the farmers stood helplessly.

Rebbena, Wankidi, Asifabad, Sirpur (T), Kaghaznagar and Dahegaon mandals belonging to district recorded light to very light rains

The harvested paddy that was brought to the procurement center was drenched in rainwater.

The highest rainfall in the GHMC area till 4 pm was 34.8mm in Chandanagar, while Madhapur recorded 18.8mm and Gachibowli recorded 17.3mm.

The sudden rains lashed several parts of the Nizamabad district including Jakranpally, Kotagiri, Renjal, Chanduru, Bodhan, Yedapally mandals

The man, identified as Mohd. Mustafa, was on his way home on his bike in the rain when the incident occurred.

The incident was reported in the morning when around 50 people, who came for the last rites of a fruit-seller, took shelter under the roof of a recently-built corridor to save themselves from getting drenched.

Tirumala Hills, the abode of Lord Venkateswara, has been receiving incessant rain since Wednesday, causing a lot of hardship to hundreds of devotees stranded there.

The flooding brings the death toll from more than two months of torrential rains ravaging Colombia to 27, with thousands of people flooded out of their homes.

However, weather officials said the drizzles were a temporary occurrence and that the minimum temperatures, which had dropped considerably in the last few days, could slightly climb back up in the next three days.

The State Ground Water Department monitored water levels through 966 monitoring stations covering all mandals from 33 districts of Telangana State.

According to the data available with the Water Resources department of the State, the area under the supervision of the Superintending Engineer Mahbubnagar has 5,402 tanks overflowing

This is the third low pressure area that developed in the Bay of Bengal in October and second to intensify into a depression.