IMD predicts heavy rainfall for next five to seven days across Telangana state

Rains that started on Monday continued to pour down incessantly across the state till Tuesday, marking the first full-fledged monsoon spell of the season. The continuous rains will be the norm for the next five days, officials of the India Meteorological Department said.

As of Tuesday, heavy rainfall was recorded in the districts of Hanamkonda, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Rajanna Sircilla, Jayashankar Bhupalapally, Nirmal, Kamareddy, Medak and nearby areas.

The highest rainfall was recorded in Nizamabad, at 52 mm, followed by Nirmal, at 49.5 mm, and Kamareddy, at 49.3 mm, according to the Telangana State Development and Planning Society report.

In city limits, Golconda logged the highest rainfall of 17.5 mm, followed by Rajendranagar, at 16.8 mm and Serilingampally, at 16.5 mm.

The continuous rains, however, disrupted the daily life of Hyderabad, with waterlogging, power cuts and traffic snarls making life difficult for residents.

Waterlogging was especially acute on roads near JNTU, Tolichowki, Shaikpet, Nanal Nagar, Masab Tank, Asif Nagar, Gudimalkapur, Rajendranagar, Khajaguda, Gachibowli, Pragathi Nagar and Khairatabad.

Long snarls, meanwhile, were observed at major junctions, as well as arterial roads, in Raidurgam, Hitec City, Kondapur, Narsingi, Khajaguda, Mehdipatnam, Jubilee Hills, Banjara Hills, Secunderabad, Maredpally, Alwal, Tarnaka, Musheerabad and Nampally.

Rains also caused a breakdown in power infrastructure, with long outages reported in Bandlaguda, Kismatpur, Suncity, Miyapur, Madhav Rao Nagar, Laxmi Nagar, Rama Raju Nagar, Adhikar Nagar, Ram



Nagar, Malakpet and Alwal, among other areas.

Weather officials said that multiple cyclonic circulations and weather systems will bring in heavy rains to the state over the next five to seven days.

They cited a cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal and coastal Odisha, 7.6 km above mean sea level, as well as another cyclonic circulation over Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, 1.5 km above mean sea level, in addition to a shear zone running along 18-degree latitude, between 4.5 km and 7.6 km above mean sea level, tilting southwards.

Under the influence of the cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal, a low-pressure area is likely to form during the next 48 hours, they said.

The rains, accompanied by lightning and thundershowers, will continue in the state for the next five days with varying intensity.

The IMD, in its impact-based forecast warning (IBF), issued an orange alert for the next two days for Komaram Bheem Asifabad, Nizamabad, Bhadradri Kothagudem, Khammam, Yadadri Bhuvangiri, Vikarabad, Sangareddy, Medak, Kamareddy, Siddipet, Mulugu, and Hanamkonda, as heavy to very heavy rains are very likely to lash these districts.

A yellow alert, warning of heavy rains, was issued for the districts of Adilabad, Mancherial, Nirmal, Jagtial, Rajanna Sircilla, Karimnagar, Peddapally, Jayashankar Bhupalapally, Warangal, Rangareddy, Hyderabad, Medchal Malkajgiri.

The city will continue to experience light to moderate rains or thundershowers with intense spells with south-westerly surface winds of around 10-12 kmph.