Houses, Roads Submerged...
On Friday, July 28, 2023, six people have died in Telangana as "record-breaking" rainfall continues in the state.
The rain has caused widespread flooding and damage to roads and crops.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in the state, but the actual rainfall was more than that as well.
The state is believed to have caused the record-breaking rainfall in the state. A vortex is a rotating column of air that forms when there is a lot of moisture in the atmosphere.
In the early hours of Wednesday, a cloudburst caused flooding in Mulugu and Bhupalpally districts.
Houses were submerged and roads were blocked, cutting off access to several villages.
So far, many have been rescued by boats and helicopters.
The rainfall intensity is expected to decrease today, but the situation remains critical in some parts of the state.
In Hyderabad, no rainfall has been reported since yesterday evening, however, Warangal has been flooded, forcing the state government to deploy boats for search and rescue operations.
So far, the Warangal Police have rescued 50 people while over 10,000 people have been shifted to relief camps across the rain-affected districts.
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