Rain alert till Oct. 21
The Indian Meteorological Department has put Telangana state on notice again for the next four days, saying the state could witness thunderstorms accompanied with lightning and heavy rains.
For Tuesday, the outlook, according to the Met office, includes heavy to very heavy rains at isolated places in the districts of south Telangana state.
In what might not be good news for both Telangana state and Andhra Pradesh, already reeling under the impact of the heavy rains earlier this week, the Met office said a fresh cyclonic circulation now lies over west central Bay of Bengal off the south coast of Andhra Pradesh that could form into a low pressure area over central Bay of Bengal around October 19.
Hyderabad on Tuesday averaged more than 10 cm of rain, according to the Telangana State Development Society which runs a slew of automated weather stations.
The highest rainfall in the GHMC area, between 8.30 am and
10 pm, was recorded at Bandlaguda at 15.3 cm while Nagole recorded 14.28 cm, Shaikpet 13.38 cm, Alkapoori in Saroornagar 13.25 cm, and LB Nagar recorded
12.98 cm of rainfall. The weather station at Monda Market in Secunderabd recorded 9.7 cm, while 8.5 cm was recorded at Sadarmahal in Charminar, 8.15 cm was recorded at Marredpally, and 7.95 cm in Srinagar Colony.
The rainfall record
ed in other parts of Telangana state for the same period include 15.73 cm in Ghatkesar, 13.23 cm
in Ibrahimpatnam,
12.23 cm in Hayathnagar, 11.4 cm in Abdullapurmet, and
10.1 cm in Moinabad.