HYDERABAD: Amid the gloom of COVID-19, the pre-monsoon showers and resultant pleasant weather provided a much-needed break for people in Hyderabad and other parts of the State. The south-west monsoon is expected to arrive in Telangana in the next 48 hours, said India Meteorology Department-Hyderabad meteorologist, B Raja Rao.
The IMD has issued a warning that heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely occur at isolated places across Telangana the coming three days. Many parts of the State have been experiencing light to moderate rains since Tuesday evening itself, as a result of the monsoon getting closer.
On Wednesday, almost all districts recorded rainfall. A significant amount of rainfall was recorded in the suburbs of Greater Hyderabad also, with Abdullapurmet recording 74.8 mm followed by 63.8 mm in Pedda Amberpet.
With the continuous rains, came the power cuts. In many parts of the city, it lasted for more than three hours as uprooted trees damaged power lines.
The Disaster Response Force of GHMC had a busy day tending to complaints of uprooted trees and roads with stagnant rainwater causing traffic jams.
District update
Bhongir recorded a whopping 151.3 mm rainfall within 12 hours from Wednesday morning, highest in the State. This was followed by 126.5 mm at Bommalaramaram in the same district and 118mm at Boath in Adilabad district