Overview

• Heavy evening rain caused widespread waterlogging and traffic disruptions across Hyderabad, with diversions enforced at several choke points.
• Local gauges reported highly localized extremes, including 124 mm at Boudha Nagar in Musheerabad and 114.3 mm at Jawahar Nagar Community Hall.
• Police launched searches after reports that two people were swept away in the Afzalsagar nala and a separate incident was reported in Musheerabad.
• A 24-year-old worker, identified as Sekhar Mandal, died when a wall collapsed at an under-construction site in Vattinagulapally, and four others were injured.
• The IMD warned of heavy rain, thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds through the night, while GHMC, HYDRAA, SDRF and traffic police worked from command centers to pump out water and manage roads.