Heavy rain lashed parts of western Hyderabad, along with southern Telangana districts, on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, with the University of Hyderabad (UoH) in Serilingampally Mandal recording a massive 14.8 cm of rainfall. MMTS Lingampally and PJR Stadium in Serilingampally Mandal followed with 11.4 cm and 10.9 cm.
“It is a localised cloudburst since more than 10 cm of rainfall was recorded in less than an hour. There are multiple factors but mostly local conditions such as localised heating and convection caused cloud burst like situation,” Dr Y V Rama Rao, consultant meteorologist and former deputy director general of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), told Indianexpress.com.
A scientist at the IMD’s Hyderabad centre, when contacted, said the numbers need to be verified before declaring a cloud burst. Yesterday, there was a localised cyclonic circulation moving towards interior Telangana while northwesterly and northerly winds prevailed, causing rainfall in the southern and south-western belt of the state. There is no low-pressure system,” the scientist said.
Traffic Update 12.06.2025, 08:40 Hrs
Traffic movement is slow Near Serilingampally Revenue Office towards BHEL & Gachibowli due to water logging.
RC Puram Traffic Police are working to clear the traffic congestion.
Plan alternate routes if possible. Stay safe and drive cautiously pic.twitter.com/k403FBEWXC— Cyberabad Traffic Police (@CYBTRAFFIC) June 12, 2025
Overnight showers led to the inundation of low-lying areas and waterlogging of roads, leading to early morning traffic snarls across this part of the city. While Serilingamplly received humongous amounts of rainfall, most parts of the rest of the city received negligible to nil rainfall. The second highest rainfall recorded, after Serilingampally Mandal, was in neighbouring Ramachandrapuram, where 2.6 cm of rainfall was recorded.
Literally scary situation in Lingampally RUB at 5AM. This is beyond devastation
An RTC bus completely submerged 🙏🙏 pic.twitter.com/buAp0YxjB3
— Telangana Weatherman (@balaji25_t) June 12, 2025
MeanwHILE, Parts of Nalgonda, Nagarkurnool, Wanaparthy, Jogulamba Gadwal, and Mahabubnagar districts recorded heavy rainfall of 6 cm to 9 cm till 7 am thursday. The IMD Has Issued A Daily Bulletin Stating That Heavy Rain Jogulamba Gadwal Districts on Thursday.
According to the IMD, the monsoon has revived across parts of the state after a nearly 10-day dry spell this month. The scenario is likely to continue till June 16, as per the IMD predictions.
Scientists have suggested that the monsoon will further weaken in the following days, and the overall monsoon figures for the month are likely to be below normal.
Dr Rao recently told indianexpress.com that in the absence of any major low-pressure systems or depressions, more rain cannot be expected. While noting the prevailing global weather phenomenon, El Niño, for the lack of monsoon activity over the region, he stated that extremely heavy rainfall was not expected.
