For the next 48 hours, the city will have overcast skies and light to moderate rains at times with heavy spells will continue together with gusting westerlies and north-westerlies of around 12-14 kmph.
HYDERABAD: Respite on Friday from four days of non-stop rains doesn’t look as though it will last long. The IMD has forecast heavy rains in the next six days, a report in the Deccan Chronicle,says.
Over the next 48 hours, the city will have overcast skies and light to moderate rains at times with heavy spells that will continue with a windy weather as surface winds, westerlies and north-westerlies, will be around 12-14 kmph.
According to the Telangana State development and Planning Society, the cumulative rainfall recorded from June 1 to July 21 was 326.4 against the normal 273.9 mm an increase of 19 per cent .
Very heavy rain was recorded in Karimnagar, Vikarabad, Ranga Reddy, Jagtial and Mahbubnagar districts on Friday. The day’s highest rainfall of 160.3 mm was recorded in Karimnagar, followed by Vikarabad 155.3 mm and Ranga Reddy 134.8 mm.
Within the GHMC limits, 30.8 per cent excess rainfall was recorded in the same period following rainfall of 289.9 mm against the normal 221.7 mm. The highest rainfall on Friday was recorded in Serilingampally at 93.5 mm, followed by Kapra 92.1 mm and Kukatpally 91.8 mm.
The IMD said that heavy rains are very likely to occur at isolated places in Adilabad, Komaram Bheem Asifabad, Mancherial, Nirmal, Jagtial, Rajanna Sircilla, Mulugu, Siddipet, Rangareddy, Sangareddy, Medak, Kamareddy and Bhadradri Kothagudem districts in the next 24 hours.
In a 24-hour flash flood risk (FRR) forecast, the IMD said that moderate risk was likely in some pockets of Adilabad, Bhadradri Kothagudem, Komaram Bheem Asifabad, Mancherial, Peddapalle, Jayashankar Bhupalpally, Warangal rural and Warangal urban districts.
Yellow alert will continue for the next four days as heavy rains are very likely to occur in Nizamabad, Adilabad, Komaram Bheem Asifabad, Mancherial, Nirmal, Jagtial, Rajanna Sircilla, Mulugu, Siddipet, Ranga Reddy, Sangareddy, Medak, Kamareddy, Bhadradri Kothagudem, Vikarabad, Mahbubabad, Kamareddy, Nagarkurnool, Wanaparthy and Hyderabad districts.
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