Heavy rain fall havocked the almost all districts of Telangana with continuing heavy rains for the second day in the morning. Medak, Nalgonda, Nizamabad and Adilabad districts received good amount of rain bringing cheer to the farming community.
Medak district headquarters town Sangareddy registered 57 mm rainfall followed by 48.4 mm at Narayankhed, 46 mm at Medak, 36.4 mm at Dubbak and 32 mm at Ramayampet. Low-laying areas were inundated in many towns. Heavy rains in the Hyderabad brought traffic to a standstill and turned roads into streams late.
Weathermen have predicted more rain in the next 48 hours. A spell of intense rainfall between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. measuring 7 cm in Uppal and surrounding areas disrupted power supply, caused drains to flood and also resulted in severe problems for commuters. Seven other people were flown by rain water along with the Vehicles and three more people were died with the continuing rainfall in the capital city.
Greater Hyderabad Muncipal Corporation officers have taken up the initiation actions for streamline the damages of main roads in the city. Municipal Commissioner B. Janardhan Reddy instructed staff to vacate people from dilapidated buildings and also warned hut dwellers living close to high walls to be alert as heavy rainfall has been forecast over the next two days. Flooding was reported in several low-lying areas in the south and western parts of the city.
Images and videos of knee-deep water from all zones of the GHMC were constantly being posted by denizens trapped in traffic jams.