Overview

• Kamareddy logged 576 mm over August 26–28, ranking among Telangana’s highest two-day totals on record, with several mandals surpassing 300 mm.
• Flash floods affected Kamareddy, Medak, Nirmal, Nizamabad, Siddipet and Rajanna-Sircilla, with confirmed fatalities and people reported missing.
• Army, SDRF and NDRF teams rescued more than 1,400 people, including helicopter airlifts in Medak and Rajanna-Sircilla, as evacuations and relief camps expanded.
• Key links were cut as NH44 sections collapsed and a railway track caved at Rameshwarpally, prompting diversions and 69 train cancellations in the Hyderabad division.
• Forecasters warned of additional rain with a new Bay of Bengal low expected in early September, keeping north Telangana and Hyderabad on alert.