On tuesday, Telangana, including hyderabad, saw severe winds and rain that resulted in the deaths of four people. While one fatality each was recorded from warangal and hyderabad, two people perished in Medak. When a wall collapsed in the medak neighbourhood, two construction workers perished. They were employed in Kaudipalli mandal in a chicken farm close to Rayulapur village. The deceased have been named as N. Nagu (35), and Subrahmanyam (45).
 
In the warangal area, a man was crushed by a falling tree. The event happened in Wardhannapet mandal, close to Katralaya village, on the National Highway.
 
After coming into contact with an electric pole in Hyderabad's Bahadurpura neighbourhood, one individual died from electrocution.
 
Tuesday night, heavy rain pounded hyderabad and its suburbs, causing traffic to jam up.
 
However, the hailstorms and rain brought much-needed relief from the oppressive heat.
 
An hour of rain caused several roads to get flooded, causing traffic to become uncontrollable and causing some trees to fall due to high gusts.
 
The hyderabad municipal corporation-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>greater hyderabad municipal corporation (GHMC) has dispatched emergency crews to clean the fallen trees and standing water.
 
Prolonged traffic jams were caused by the deluge in madhapur and Gachibowli, the information technology centres, as well as in the central portions of hyderabad and Secunderabad.
 
From the Raidurgam Biodiversity crossroads to IKEA and other points along the IT corridor, there were severe traffic congestion. On the outskirts of the city, traffic flow was also impacted.
 
In the meantime, several districts, including karimnagar, medak, warangal, komaram bheem Asifabad, and Mulugu, saw rain and thunderstorms.
 
For the past several days, a number of areas in the state have been experiencing extreme heatwave conditions, with some locations seeing high temperatures above 46 degrees Celsius.
 
More rain and thunderstorms are predicted for several areas of the state on Wednesday, according to the Met office.
 
In several locations, the ongoing election campaign was also disrupted by the rain and high gusts.
 
Strong winds at karimnagar caused the tents that were set up for the public meeting by chief minister A. revanth reddy to be uprooted, resulting in damage to the audience's chairs.
 
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08/05/2024 10:53 AM