Overview

• Medak recorded 17.7 cm of rain in under four hours, with officials confirming a cloudburst that flooded low-lying colonies and the Hyderabad–Medak highway.
• Hyderabad saw rapid waterlogging in areas such as LB Nagar, Vanasthalipuram, Hayathnagar and Abdullapurmet, stranding motorists and slowing evening traffic.
• Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy ordered evacuations from unsafe buildings and directed HYDRAA, GHMC, SDRF, fire, traffic and police teams to run coordinated rescues.
• Rising inflows pushed city reservoirs near capacity, prompting gate operations at Osmansagar and Himayatsagar to manage controlled releases.
• Heavy rain also hit Kurnool and Nandyal in Andhra Pradesh, leading to school closures, control rooms and action after buses were stranded on flooded culverts.