IMD issues rain warning for TS
State has received 18% higher rainfall
After a spell of dry days, the city might experience rainfall, albeit light, from Monday, said an official from the local Indian Meteorological Department (IMD). The IMD has also issued a heavy rainfall warning from August 16 to August 18, including thunderstorms, lightning and squall.
According to K. Naga Ratna, director IMD, Hyderabad, it would mostly rain in the northern and north-eastern parts of the state.
“Under the influence of the rains in some parts of the state, there would be light to moderate rainfall in the city. We expect that there would be heavy to very rainfall in the eastern parts. These are happening due to the presence of a newly formed lowpressure zone,” she told Deccan Chronicle.
This system, she added, was moving from the north-eastern districts to the north-western districts, and the low-pressure zone that is currently over the west-central bay.
“As the system moves towards the north-western direction, the state would fall in its pathway leading to precipitation over it. While there would be rain over the north and north-eastern parts, its adjoining areas would receive light to moderate rainfall, including in
Hyderabad,” she said.
According to the Telangana State Development Planning Society (TSDPS), there are no monsoon-deficit districts in the state. Two districts have received a large excess of rainfall, while 18 districts received excess rainfall and 13 districts recorded normal rainfall.
As on Saturday, the state has received 566.2 mm of rainfall as against a normal of 479 mm. On an average, the state has received 18 per cent higher rainfall.