Overview

• The downpour washed out roads, inundated underpasses and disrupted traffic across Medak, Kamareddy, Nizamabad, Vikarabad, Siddipet and parts of Hyderabad.
• The India Meteorological Department forecast further widespread rain over the next two days with an orange alert for North Telangana and flood risk on the Manjeera River.
• Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy put collectors and key agencies on high alert, ordered evacuations from weak structures and urged curbs on travel through flooded stretches.
• Rescue teams saved nine people stranded on a tanker at Boggugudise in Yellareddy mandal as culverts failed and local streams swelled.
• Peddashankarampet logged over 20 cm of rain in 24 hours, with Tekmal at 19.1 cm and Ramayampet at 17.9 cm, as the Kotipally project overflowed and nearby roads went under.