Red Alert: Extremely heavy rains forecast for Komaram Bheem Asifabad, Mancherial, Nirmal

Hyderabad: The Meteorological Centre, Hyderabad, has issued a red alert for very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places in Komaram Bheem Asifabad, Mancherial, Nirmal and Peddapalli districts over the next 24 hours.

Orange alert for several other districts

An orange alert has also been sounded for Adilabad, Nizamabad, Jagtial, Jayashankar Bhupalpally, Mulugu and Bhadradri Kothagudem districts, forecasting heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places during the same period.

Heavy rainfall likely to continue on Wednesday

The Centre predicted that similar weather conditions are expected to continue on Wednesday, especially in Adilabad, Komaram Bheem Asifabad, Mancherial, Jayashankar Bhupalpally, Mulugu and Bhadradri Kothagudem districts.

Widespread rains over the next few days

According to the weather report, heavy rainfall is likely at isolated places across Telangana for the next four days. Light to moderate rain or thundershowers are expected to occur at most places, many places, or a few places across the State over the next seven days.

Thunderstorms with gusty winds expected

The Met Centre also warned of thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds with speeds ranging from 30-40 kmph at isolated places in all districts over the next five days.

Monsoon remains active

The southwest monsoon continues to remain active over Telangana.

During the past 24 hours, heavy rainfall occurred at a few places in Vikarabad and Warangal, and at isolated places in Mahabubnagar, Mulugu, Nalgonda, Mahabubabad, Khammam and Bhadradri Kothagudem districts.

Overall, the State recorded rainfall at most places during the same period, the report added.