Cloudburst in Hyderabad's Serilingampally, UoH records 14.8 cm overnight rainfall
Heavy rain lashed parts of western Hyderabad, along with southern Telangana districts, on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, with the University of Hyderabad (UoH) in Serilingampally Mandal recording a massive 14.8 cm of rainfall. MMTS Lingampally and PJR Stadium in Serilingampally Mandal followed with 11.4 cm and 10.9 cm.
'It is a localised cloudburst since more than 10 cm of rainfall was recorded in less than an hour. There are multiple factors but mostly local conditions,' Dr YV Rama Rao, consultant meteorologist and former deputy director general of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), told Indianexpress.com.
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Overnight showers led to the inundation of low-lying areas and waterlogging of roads, leading to early morning traffic snarls across this part of the city. While Serilingamplly received humongous amounts of rainfall, most parts of the rest of the city received negligible to nil rainfall. The second highest rainfall recorded, after Serilingampally Mandal, was in neighbouring Ramachandrapuram, where 2.6 cm of rainfall was recorded.
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Meanwhile, parts of Nalgonda, Nagarkurnool, Wanaparthy, Jogulamba Gadwal, and Mahabubnagar districts recorded heavy rainfall of 6 cm to 9 cm till 7 am Thursday. The IMD has issued a daily bulletin stating that heavy rain is likely to occur in Adilabad, Komarambheem Asifabad, Jagitial, Vikarabad, Sangareddy, Mahabubnagar, Nagarkurnool, Wanaparthy, Narayanpet, and Jogulamba Gadwal districts on Thursday.
According to the IMD, the monsoon has revived across parts of the state after a nearly 10-day dry spell this month. The scenario is likely to continue till June 16, as per the IMD predictions.
Scientists have suggested that the monsoon will further weaken in the following days, and the overall monsoon figures for the month are likely to be below normal.
Dr Rao recently told indianexpress.com that in the absence of any major low-pressure systems or depressions, more rain cannot be expected. While noting the prevailing global weather phenomenon, El Niño, for the lack of monsoon activity over the region, he stated that extremely heavy rainfall was not expected.
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