Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are witnessing very heavy rains in the next four days. The Indian meteorological Department has issued a red alert, warning of heavy rains with thunderstorms and squally winds.
The extensive rains are due to an active southwest monsoon as well as a cyclonic circulation in the middle and upper troposphere over the northwest Bay of Bengal.
In the next 48 hours, low pressure is likely to emerge over the Northwest Bay of Bengal due to its impact.
During the next two or three days, it is expected to travel west northwestwards along the monsoon trough, bringing heavy rainfall to a few regions of Andhra Pradesh, and north Telangana districts and moderate rains to the rest of the state.
Telangana continued to receive heavy rains from Tuesday night and the highest rainfall was recorded at Jainoor of 11cm over the last 24 hours. Kathlapur and Mallapur of Jagitial district, and Gangadhara of Karimnagar district received rainfall of 9 cm.
Rains hit Hyderabad and its surroundings, with the highest rainfall of 1.2 cm in the Serlingampally region. The city received 36.8 centimetres of rain on average, compared to 21.9 cm on average, a 68 per cent difference .
