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During the meeting, officials also discussed immediate and permanent measures to be taken up for preventing stagnation.

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) Hyderabad, the city recorded a maximum temperature at 36.1 degree Celsius and a relative humidity of 60 per cent which marked the lowest temperature recorded compared to all other districts on Wednesday.

According to Xinhua news agency, most of the deaths were reported in the capital, Colombo, which experienced over 150 mm of rain since early Sunday.

Five bodies have been recovered, while several others are still trapped under the debris, a police officer said.

According to the Telangana State Planning and Development Society, most areas in the city received rainfall between 10 mm and 20 mm.

Rudrarapu Chandraiah was struck by lightning in Indiranagar of Thangallapalli mandal.

While no loss of life or injuries have been reported so far in connection to this incident, some two-wheelers have reportedly been washed away by the rain.

Thanks to a dip in maximum temperatures caused by light to moderate rains that cooled down sweltering heat wave conditions, the segment saw 69.81 percent of voting by 5 pm when compared to 75.34 percent registered in 2019.

Dr K Naga Ratna, the head and scientist-E at IMD Hyderabad, said light to moderate rains are likely in Hyderabad and surrounding districts on Thursday.

The alert highlighted the potential danger posed by electric wires that may fall to the ground due to gusty winds. TSSPDCL urged individuals not to touch any electric wires that are on the ground.

The rain, starting around 4:30 am, gradually enveloped the entire city.

Though farmers tried to protect crops by covering their produce with tarpaulins, some of the farm produce was drenched in rainwater.

The IMD predicts isolated light rainfall and a low heat wave probability, with cloudy skies and temperatures ranging between 35 and 37 degrees Celsius

The forecast by TSDPS indicates light to moderate rains across various parts of Hyderabad— a weather shift attributed to a western disturbance

Dr. A. Sravani, a scientist at IMD-Hyderabad, highlighted that the entire State, including Hyderabad, would continue to witness regular rainfall until the end of September, with a changing weather pattern anticipated as October approaches.

The average rainfall of Kumram Bheem Asifabad district was to be 58.1 mm. Koutala mandal received the highest rainfall of 105.7 mm, followed by Sirpur (T) which had 85.5 mm of rainfall.

“Generally cloudy sky. Possibility of light rain or drizzle. Hazy weather prevail during morning hours,” said the press release issued for next four days.

The local Met office on Thursday predicted a wet spell of light to moderate rain in the state between September 15 and September 20.

The IMD also forecasted light to moderate spells of rainfall over Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and several other states during night time

Nineteen people were killed in the past 24 hours as rain lashed Uttar Pradesh, disrupting normal life.