Hyderabad: The rains will continue to plague the state for the next four days and the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a warning to that effect. The city in the 24-hour period between Saturday and Sunday recorded the third highest rainfall in the last decade in October at 72.5mm.
In its warning, IMD said: “A storm accompanied by lightning is very likely to occur in isolated locations over the state of Telangana. Heavy rains are very likely to occur in isolated parts of the state. “
Speaking to the Deccan Chronicle, IMD director Dr. K. Nagaratna said that there was a cyclonic circulation over the east central Bay of Bengal. Under its influence, an area of low pressure is very likely to develop in the same region over the next 24 hours. It is likely to become more marked over the next 24 hours.
“This system could bring rain on the state. This time we will have a prolonged southwest monsoon, ”he said.
Private weather forecasting agency Skymet said that in the four months of the southwest monsoon season, India has received about 957.6mm of rain from June 1 to September 30. This is a surplus of nine percent of the long-term average (LPA).
Hyderabad airport on Sunday was listed as the place that had witnessed the most rainfall in the entire country, Skymet said. It had registered 73 mm of rain.
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