IANS/Hyderabad


Three people were killed as unseasonal rain lashed several parts of Telangana since Saturday, officials said yesterday.
The rain has thrown life out of gear and caused widespread damage to standing crops, they said.
A woman was killed in a wall collapse in Nizamabad district while a couple was electrocuted in Warangal town when a live wire snapped due to gale force winds and fell on their house.
A government school building collapsed in Atmakur in Sadashivpet mandal of Naglonda district, damaging 15 computers. However, a tragedy was averted as the building collapsed on Saturday night.
Heavy rainfall has inundated low-lying areas in Nizamabad, Adilabad, Karimnagar, Warangal, Khammam, Medak, Mahabubnagar districts.
The rain accompanied by strong winds uprooted trees, damaged crops and disrupted traffic. Electricity supply was also affected in some districts, officials said.
The state has been receiving rain since Saturday under the impact of low pressure area and the weather office has forecast more rains over the next two to three days.
Meteorologists, however, say the ongoing rains are not abnormal. “They occur whenever there is a change in the wind pattern. Now moist southerly winds from the Bay of Bengal are starting to flow in this direction. Because of the hot weather, the moist winds rise up and result in rainfall,” said Y K Reddy, director of the Indian Meteorological Department in Hyderabad. The rain in Telangana was caused by an upper trough extending from Lakshadweep till Chhattisgarh, weather officials said.
“Rains in these months are quite normal. But we can’t forecast them in advance. Only about two to three days’ notice can be given,” he said.
The unseasonal rainfall has dealt a huge blow to mango farmers. The crop over hundreds of acres in Nalgonda district has been damaged.
Hyderabad and the adjoining Ranga Reddy district are also receiving incessant rain since Saturday night. Low-lying areas were inundated. Stagnated rain water and choked drains disrupted traffic at many places in Hyderabad.
Roads in busy areas like Lakdi ka pul, Abids, Nampally, Koti, Amberper, Secunderabad, Tarnaka and Uppal were inundated.