The man was seen falling into a creek filled with storm water.
In a horrifying video, a man was seen walking straight into an open drain in Hyderabad on Saturday night amid heavy rain. His body has been found.
The man, a techie, was seen walking in ankle-deep water, seconds later in a cellphone video showing him falling into a storm water-filled creek in Manikonda area under Narsingi PS limits of Cyberabad. Three teams of Disaster Response Force, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and police were on the lookout for the man, identified as Rajinikanth.
Several coastal districts of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have been receiving non-stop rains due to Cyclone Gulab, which crossed the Bay of Bengal near Kalingapatnam on Sunday night, weakening into a depression after leaving a trail of destruction.
Heavy rains lashed Hyderabad on Saturday night, causing waterlogging in many areas and slowing down the speed of traffic.
Extremely heavy to heavy rain has been predicted in this region for three days. Red alert has been declared in North Telangana and Hyderabad.
In Andhra Pradesh, rescue operations were carried out in the coastal districts of East Godavari as colonies turned into lakes. Roads turned into rivers in Visakhapatnam and several thousand acres of standing crops were destroyed. A flash flood warning has also been issued in sensitive areas, while more rains are expected in the region.
Earlier in the day, the Met Office issued a Flash Flood Risk (FFR) alert for Telangana for the next 24 hours. The India Meteorological Department said in its forecast that watershed is expected in Badadri, Kothagudem, Khammam, Adilabad, Bhuvanagiri, Asifabad, Mancherial, Nirmal, Warangal, Peddapalli Karimnagar, Rajanna Sirisila, Jaishankar Bhupalpalle, Mulugu, Jagitiyal, Mahbubabad, Jangaon districts. can. Flash floods as moderate to high very likely during next 24 hours.
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