Heavy rains lashes in Hyderabad.

Heavy rains accompanied with gusty winds lashed Hyderabad on Saturday. Several trees were uprooted, roads were flooded and power supply was disrupted at many places as a result. The sudden rains also damaged the temporary check-posts erected by the police. 

According to the Telangana State Development Planning Society's data, Shaikpet recorded the highest rainfall of 55.3 mm followed by Ameerpet with 54.3 mm.

Other areas which witnessed rainfall include: Jubilee Hills, Banjara Hills, Khairatabad, Nampally, Mehdipatnam, Balanagar, Kukatpally, Bahadurpura, Charminar, Rajendra Nagar, Musheerabad, Secunderabad.

The Indian



Meteorological Department (IMD) had issued a weather warning for Saturday that “Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and Gusty Winds (30 – 40 KMPH) very likely to occur at isolated places over Telangana." No weather warning has been issued for the next two days.

The rainfall was triggered due to a depression formed over southeast Bay of Bengal. “The well marked low pressure area over southeast Bay of Bengal concentrated into a depression over southeast Bay of Bengal and neighbourhood. It is very likely to intensify rapidly into a cyclonic storm during next 12 hours and further into a severe cyclonic storm during subsequent 24 hours,” the IMD forecast says.