Hyderabad: After 100-200 mm of rain in several areas, the city was flooded on Thursday morning, bringing life to a standstill. Incessant rains reminded Hyderabadis of the floods in October last year in which at least 18 people died.
Although no casualty has been reported so far, roads have turned into rivers and houses were flooded in many areas including Uppal, Saroornagar, Hayatnagar, Hastinapuram, Ramanthpur, Meerpet in LB Nagar division. . Due to the low holding capacity of the water bodies and its channels, neither lakes nor storm water drains were able to hold the water released into them.
With 69 mm of rain in the last 24 hours, Hyderabad had its third highest rainy day in July due to floods in Hyderabad.
‘The intensity of rain will decrease in the weekend’
According to Telangana State Development Planning Society As of 8.30 am on Thursday, 25 areas of the city recorded between 100 and 200 mm of rain, with Bandlaguda receiving the highest at 212.5 mm.
While the rain was due to an upper air cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal, meteorologists have predicted that the intensity of rain is likely to decrease during the weekend.
The worst affected were the residents living in the areas around the Saroornagar lake. Like last year, rain water entered Kodandaram Nagar, P&T Colony and Vivekananda Nagar and adjoining colonies.
“Our streets are flooded as the lake has breached its entire tank boundary. Nothing has changed on the ground in the last one year. July is just the beginning of monsoon. If this is the situation then now imagine what will happen when the peak monsoon arrives,” said Sai Charan Mamidishetty, a resident of Kodandaram Nagar.
The situation was more or less the same in Uppal as well. Residents were seen struggling in knee-deep water after the area received over 170 mm of rain. Six disaster response teams were deployed on Wednesday night to clear the floods. Rachakonda police rescued 30 people, including women and children, from waterlogged Mallikarjuna Nagar and shifted them to Nagole Community Hall.
For residents of Old City’s Osman Nagar and Al Jubail Colony, who are yet to recover from the flood effects of 2020, Wednesday’s rains added to their misery. “People are walking through knee-deep water with a little help from someone. Habib Abdul Khader, a resident of Chandrayangutta, who came out to help the stranded people in Babanagari, Al-Jubail, Ghazi Millat and adjoining areas, said, “Snakes are emerging from submerged houses, making it dangerous for people to stay indoors.”
watch Hyderabad flooded; Record of more than 200 mm of rainfall
Although no casualty has been reported so far, roads have turned into rivers and houses were flooded in many areas including Uppal, Saroornagar, Hayatnagar, Hastinapuram, Ramanthpur, Meerpet in LB Nagar division. . Due to the low holding capacity of the water bodies and its channels, neither lakes nor storm water drains were able to hold the water released into them.
With 69 mm of rain in the last 24 hours, Hyderabad had its third highest rainy day in July due to floods in Hyderabad.
‘The intensity of rain will decrease in the weekend’
According to Telangana State Development Planning Society As of 8.30 am on Thursday, 25 areas of the city recorded between 100 and 200 mm of rain, with Bandlaguda receiving the highest at 212.5 mm.
While the rain was due to an upper air cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal, meteorologists have predicted that the intensity of rain is likely to decrease during the weekend.
The worst affected were the residents living in the areas around the Saroornagar lake. Like last year, rain water entered Kodandaram Nagar, P&T Colony and Vivekananda Nagar and adjoining colonies.
“Our streets are flooded as the lake has breached its entire tank boundary. Nothing has changed on the ground in the last one year. July is just the beginning of monsoon. If this is the situation then now imagine what will happen when the peak monsoon arrives,” said Sai Charan Mamidishetty, a resident of Kodandaram Nagar.
The situation was more or less the same in Uppal as well. Residents were seen struggling in knee-deep water after the area received over 170 mm of rain. Six disaster response teams were deployed on Wednesday night to clear the floods. Rachakonda police rescued 30 people, including women and children, from waterlogged Mallikarjuna Nagar and shifted them to Nagole Community Hall.
For residents of Old City’s Osman Nagar and Al Jubail Colony, who are yet to recover from the flood effects of 2020, Wednesday’s rains added to their misery. “People are walking through knee-deep water with a little help from someone. Habib Abdul Khader, a resident of Chandrayangutta, who came out to help the stranded people in Babanagari, Al-Jubail, Ghazi Millat and adjoining areas, said, “Snakes are emerging from submerged houses, making it dangerous for people to stay indoors.”
watch Hyderabad flooded; Record of more than 200 mm of rainfall
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