Overview

• Six Telangana districts faced severe flash floods after short‑period cloudbursts, with the Army, NDRF and SDRF rescuing more than 1,400 people and conducting airlifts in Medak and Rajanna‑Sircilla.
• Officials reported one death in Kamareddy and at least five people missing after being swept away by floodwaters, with search efforts continuing across multiple districts.
• Infrastructure suffered extensive damage as a railway track caved in, 69 South Central Railway services were canceled, and sections of National Highway 44 and dozens of roads, culverts and bridges were breached.
• Exceptional rainfall was recorded, including 171.3 mm at Ramareddy within hours and 41.8 cm at Rajampet in under seven hours, leading to overflowing tributaries of the Godavari.
• Impacts stretched nationwide with Kerala under orange alerts after landslides and Kashmir reporting receding water levels, as authorities warned of further heavy rain and downstream flood risk.