Heavy rain lashed several parts of Telangana on Sunday night and Monday with Metpalli in Karimnagar district recording 22.4 cm rain in 24 hours till 8.30 a.m. on Monday and the district received an average of 28.3 mm rain during the period.
According to Met Department, heavy to very heavy rain is forecast at isolated places across the State on Tuesday and Wednesday. Similarly, Ibrahimpatnam mandal recorded 19 cm rain and Korutla 12.9 cm. The entire Jagtial division recorded an average of 7.6 cm of rain during the period.
The rain inundated low-lying areas in several towns as streams and rivulets were in spate.
Till date, 17 mandals received excess rainfall and another 36 mandals received normal rainfall this season. However, rain in Mahamutharam, Chigurumamidi, Ramadugu, Pegadapalli mandals is in deficit.
The places where heavy rainfall was recorded include Mortad - 16 cm, Balkonda and Kammarpalle -14 cm each, Pochampad -12 cm, Velpur - 9 cm – all in Nizamabad district; Jagtial (Karimnagar) - 8 cm, Nandipet, Armur and Dichpalle - 8 cm each – all in Nizamabad; Dharpalle, Renjal and Nizamabad - 7 cm each – all in Nizamabad.
Jakranpalle, Machareddy, Bhimgal and Bodhan in Nizamabad and Nirmal in Adilabad - 6 cm each; Navipet, Makloor, Rudrur and Kotagiri in Nizamabad and Mustabad in Karimnagar - 5 cm each. Several small and medium irrigation tanks in Kammarpally, Morthad and a few other mandals in Nizamabad district are overflowing while Beerkur and Darpally tanks are breached. Official said the rainfall recorded on Sunday-Monday was the highest for 24 hours period during the last two years. Meanwhile, water storage in Sriramsagar has reached 40 tmc ft with inflows recorded at 73,000 cusecs on Monday afternoon.
In Adilabad, a few places received moderate to heavy rainfall during the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. on Monday, taking the cumulative rainfall in the district to excess of 36 per cent this season so far.
Laxmanchanda was battered by rain in excess of 7 cm while Nirmal recorded 6 cm. Among other places that received good rainfall were Dikawarpur - 5 cm and Boath and Neredigonda - 4 cm each.
