Hyderabad floods: Disaster team to take over rescue

Hyderabad: Rain continued to batter the city and parts of Telangana on Friday and five rain-related deaths were reported in and around Hyderabad.

The GHMC has called in the National Disaster Management (NDM) team for rescue operations from Saturday onwards while Army officials have been collecting data on vulnerable pockets in the city.

With close to 10 cm of rain in Malkajgiri and 8.5 cm in Chilkalguda, many city colonies and roads were still inundated on Friday, crippling normal life. The Met department meanwhile has warned of heavy rains till September 28.

Five deaths were reported in Hyderabad, Medak and Ranga Reddy. Three persons, including a woman and her daughter, died when their house collapsed in Medak. In another incident, four of a family were severely injured when a wall collapsed. Meanwhile the body of an unknown male was found floating in Musi in Keesara.

Quthbullapur, Kukat-pally, Patancherruvu, Serilingampally have been marked as areas under threat of inundation. Meanwhile Nacha-ram and Mallapur nalas were flowing on the main road.

Very heavy rain alert till September 27
The Met department has warned of heavy to very heavy rains at isolated places in all 10 districts of Telangana state including Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy districts up to September 27. MET officials said the rain was the outcome of a well marked low pressure area that lies over north coastal AP and adjoining areas of south Chhattisgarh and Telangana state.