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Heavy rains lash Telangana, CM directs authorities to take precautionary measures PTI
Updated Jul 22, 2021, 4:32 pm IST
The provisional average rainfall in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) during the same period was 17.7 mm
The weather department has predicted heavy rains at isolated places in several other districts. (PTI Photo)
Hyderabad: Normal life was thrown out of gear in several parts of Telangana as torrential rains battered the state in the past 24 hours, prompting the state government to initiate relief measures.
According to official sources, Narsapur (G) and two other locations in Nirmal district received extremely heavy rainfall (above 227. 5 mm), while heavy rainfall occurred in many other places in Nirmal, Nizamabad, Adilabad districts from Wednesday morning to Thursday morning.
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Life in most parts of Telangana was thrown out of gear due to heavy rains on Thursday. The IMD has issued a red alert saying very heavy to extremely heavy rain was expected over the next three days. DRF team tries to clean the overflowing drain due to heavy rains from past two days, in Hyderabad | Photo Credit: PTI
Hyderabad: As the heavy rainfall continues to batter parts of Telangana, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert in three districts - Kumuram Bheem, Jagtial, Warangal, while an orange alert has been issued in nine districts of the southern state.
Synopsis Red alert in three districts including Kumuram Bheem, Jagtial, Warangal, and Orange alert in nine districts of the state, said the IMD.
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India Meteorological Department on Friday predicted heavy rainfall in twelve districts of Telangana. Red alert in three districts including Kumuram Bheem, Jagtial, Warangal, and Orange alert in nine districts of the state, said the IMD.
Meanwhile, about 100 people who were stranded in the floods triggered by heavy rainfall at Nirmal district on Thursday were evacuated by the National Disaster Response Force and State Disaster Response Force teams.
Hyderabad Municipal Corporation officials (GHMC) on Friday with the help of police rescued the residents of the low-lying areas like Musi watershed Basti, Chaderghat, Shankar Nagar, Rasoolpura, Musarambagh, and on Moosi stretch, said Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.