Highest rainfall of 52.7 mm records at Parkal in Warangal district

Light to moderate rain was witnessed in several districts of Telangana State, with hailstorm occuring in isolated places including Warangal, Mahabubabad and Mulugu on Friday. The rain and hailstorm damaged standing crops at some places. The sudden spell of rains also resulted in a dip in minimum temperature in some few places.

Venkatesh (21), a young farmer was killed when lightning struck him while he was working in the fields at Rajoli mandal in Jogulamba Gadwal district on Friday afternoon. Though family members rushed him to Government Hospital, Kurnool, the doctors declared him brought dead.

The highest rainfall of 52.7mm was recorded at Parkal (Warangal), followed Govindaraopet (30mm) and Kothaguda (20mm), Mahabubabad, during the last 24 hours (Thursday night to Friday evening).

The met department has forecast light to moderate rainfall in isolated places mainly over North and Central districts till Saturday. The weather could be dry thereafter for the next two days.

The lowest minimum temperature of 15.4 degree Celsius was recorded at Sonala



(Adilabad) and 15.8 degree Celsius in Medak.

Meanwhile, the rains coupled with hailstorm damaged chilies that were stocked in drying yards and standing maize crops in different areas of combined Warangal district. Power supply was disrupted for an hour at Mulugu district headquarters on Thursday night. In Kumram Bheem Asifabad, Nirmal and Adilabad, the rains caused disruptions in power supply for a while and caused damage to crops. 

Due to the unseasonal rains, standing maize and red gram crops were damaged, farmers in these districts said. The agrarian community requested the agriculture authorities to assess the crop damages and provide compensation accordingly.

In Nizamabad and Kamareddy districts, the sudden spell of rains led to a dip in minimum temperature. Nandipet registered the highest 20.4 mm rainfall in Nizamabad district, which received an average rainfall of 2 mm. Likewise, Kamareddy district recorded 0.2 mm average rainfall. Among all mandals, Jukkal recorded 4.5 mm, Madnoor 0.3mm and Gandhari 0.5 mm rainfall.