Highlights
- State will receive heavy rains for the next two days, said weather office officials
- Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to occur in northeast & northwest districts
- The rains are expected to play in Telangana over most parts during the next 2 days said IMD
Telangana weather alert: The state will receive heavy rains for the next two days, said officials at the Hyderabad Meteorological Centre. The weather office warned that many areas might witness flooding, and sounded a 'red alert' for eight districts in the state.
The weather office, in its alert, said that Jayashankar Bhupalpally, Mulugu, Mancherial, Bhadradri Kothagudem, Nizamabad, Nirmal, Adilabad and surrounding districts are likely to be affected by very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall. Meanwhile, heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to occur in northeast & northwest districts.
The rains are expected to play in Telangana over most parts during the next 2 days said IMD Hyderabad.
The weather office also warned that flooding is likely over many places in the north-northwest, northeast districts & the urban areas with waterlogging, and drainage overflow. The IMD said that an impact weather forecast has already been issued.
Agriculture lines are likely to submerge in water, the weather office alerted. Low-lying areas faced inundation while rivulets were in spate at several places in Telangana on Saturday following incessant rains in the last few days.
Navipet in Nizamabad district received 23 cms of rain, the Met Centre of IMD here said. Rainfall led to water-logging in low-lying areas, while tanks received copious inflows in Nizamabad and Kamareddy districts.
CM instructs officials to be on alert
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao instructed Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar to alert all departments concerned and take quick safety measures in the wake of incessant rains in the State. Following a red alert in Telangana and also in Maharashtra, the Chief Minister said he would review the situation from time to time and also hold video conference today (Saturday) or tomorrow (Sunday), an official release said. Appealing to the people to avoid taking risks in such weather, he urged the public to not venture out of their homes unless there is an emergency and take self-precautions.
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