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Telangana floods: Kamareddy, Medak reel under heaviest downpour in 50 years; Hyderabad on yellow alert

Argonda station at Rajampet mandal in Kamareddy recorded 44 cm rainfall in just one day. In total, 23 locations across Telangana received more than 20 cm, with 10 places in Kamareddy, four in Nirmal, six in Medak, and the rest in Nizamabad and Siddipet.

August 29, 2025 / 11:03 IST
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Telangana floods

Flood-hit areas of Kamareddy and Medak districts in Telangana continued to remain under strict watch for the second straight day on Thursday, as heavy and unrelenting rains lashed several parts of the state. The downpour has already claimed two lives in Kamareddy district, and officials say the scale of rain has been the worst in decades, The Indian Express reported.

According to the officials, Argonda station at Rajampet mandal in Kamareddy recorded 44 cm rainfall in just one day. In total, 23 locations across the state received more than 20 cm, with 10 places in Kamareddy, four in Nirmal, six in Medak, and the rest in Nizamabad and Siddipet. Officials described it as the “heaviest downpour in such a short span in the last 50 years.”

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A total of 20 State Disaster Response Force and National Disaster Response Force teams are deployed in these affected districts. In addition, about 100 Army personnel are engaged in rescue and relief in Medak district.

In Kamareddy, the SDRF successfully evacuated nearly 500 residents from submerged colonies and shifted them to safer places.