Heavy rain lashes Hyderabad
HYDERABAD, OCTOBER 18, 2018 00:00 IST
Citizens have a tough time passing through the water-logged Raj Bhavan Road on Wednesday.Nagara GopalNagara Gopal / The Hindu
Many city areas inundated leading to flooding and traffic chaos
The city turned into a virtual Venice on Wednesday, when heavy rain lashed many parts, leading to issues of flooding, water stagnation, and traffic chaos. The same weather will continue for the next 24 hours, caution the weatherman.
The showers which had begun on Tuesday evening continued in several spells throughout the day on Wednesday too. A few areas saw early morning showers, which spread to other parts by evening, with slight respite during noon.
Several locations experienced heavy inundation, with roads turning into virtual streams. In areas such as Hitech City, Punjagutta, Ameerpet, Jubilee Hills and Gachibowli, roads resembled canals with heavy water flow, which obstructed vehicular traffic. Holiday on account of Durgashtami came as a blessing in disguise, as the situation would have been worse had it been a working day.
As per the information from Begumpet weather station, the city received 34 millimetres of rain on Wednesday by 7 p.m. According to the data shared by GHMC, the rainfall varied between nil to over 60 millimetres across the city.
The highest rainfall in the city was 62.3 millimetres, recorded at Asifnagar, of Mehdipatnam circle, since 8.30 a.m. The highest received up to 8.30 a.m., however, was recorded at Madhapur, at 123.8 millimetres, followed by 86.5 millimetres at Jubilee Hills.
Officials from the Meteorology Department attributed the rains to the low pressure trough formed by strong Easterly winds, aided by the humidity from Bay of Bengal. The situation will prevail on Thursday too, they said.
Power outages
Many localities in the city faced power outages on Wednesday. Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Ltd (TSSPDCL) officials, however, said most complaints were resolved within 15 to 90 minutes. However, there was no power power cut, the authorities said.“Power outages could be the result of transmission problems. But we did not cut power to any locality,” said Supervising Engineering, SCADA, S. Kamesh.
HYDERABAD, OCTOBER 18, 2018 00:00 IST
Citizens have a tough time passing through the water-logged Raj Bhavan Road on Wednesday.Nagara GopalNagara Gopal / The Hindu
Many city areas inundated leading to flooding and traffic chaos
The city turned into a virtual Venice on Wednesday, when heavy rain lashed many parts, leading to issues of flooding, water stagnation, and traffic chaos. The same weather will continue for the next 24 hours, caution the weatherman.
The showers which had begun on Tuesday evening continued in several spells throughout the day on Wednesday too. A few areas saw early morning showers, which spread to other parts by evening, with slight respite during noon.
Several locations experienced heavy inundation, with roads turning into virtual streams. In areas such as Hitech City, Punjagutta, Ameerpet, Jubilee Hills and Gachibowli, roads resembled canals with heavy water flow, which obstructed vehicular traffic. Holiday on account of Durgashtami came as a blessing in disguise, as the situation would have been worse had it been a working day.
As per the information from Begumpet weather station, the city received 34 millimetres of rain on Wednesday by 7 p.m. According to the data shared by GHMC, the rainfall varied between nil to over 60 millimetres across the city.
The highest rainfall in the city was 62.3 millimetres, recorded at Asifnagar, of Mehdipatnam circle, since 8.30 a.m. The highest received up to 8.30 a.m., however, was recorded at Madhapur, at 123.8 millimetres, followed by 86.5 millimetres at Jubilee Hills.
Officials from the Meteorology Department attributed the rains to the low pressure trough formed by strong Easterly winds, aided by the humidity from Bay of Bengal. The situation will prevail on Thursday too, they said.
Power outages
Many localities in the city faced power outages on Wednesday. Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Ltd (TSSPDCL) officials, however, said most complaints were resolved within 15 to 90 minutes. However, there was no power power cut, the authorities said.“Power outages could be the result of transmission problems. But we did not cut power to any locality,” said Supervising Engineering, SCADA, S. Kamesh.
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