Overview

• Medak recorded about 17.7 cm of rain in under four hours, flooding colonies and submerging the Medak–Hyderabad highway, which left vehicles stranded.
• Hyderabad saw evening downpours that swamped major corridors, with Hayathnagar logging 11.5 cm by 9 p.m. and traffic slowing to a crawl across western stretches of the city.
• Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy directed a state-wide alert, calling for evacuations from dilapidated structures and coordinated rescue operations by HYDRAA, GHMC, SDRF, fire, traffic and police teams.
• Osmansagar neared full level at 1,789.3 ft, prompting four gates to open by two feet, while Himayatsagar had one gate lifted four feet to manage higher inflows.
• IMD attributed the spell to a Bay of Bengal trough and warned of heavy rain and thunderstorms across multiple Telangana districts through September 14, with gusts up to 40 kmph.