Hyderabad, Aug 28
Kamareddy and Medak districts of Telangana received the highest rainfall in the last 50 years, state government officials said on Thursday.
The two districts witnessed unprecedented rain during the last 24 hours, triggering flash floods.
While Argonda station at Rajampet mandal in Kamareddy received 44 cm of rain, a total of 23 locations received more than 20 cm of rainfall. These include 10 stations in Kamareddy, four in Nirmal, six in Medak and the remaining in Nizamabad and Siddipet.
This has been the heaviest downpour in such a short span in the last 50 years.
A total of 15 State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams and five National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams are engaged in rescue and relief operations in the affected districts. In addition, about 100 Army personnel from the TASA unit Hyderabad are engaged in rescue and relief in Medak District.