Sending people in the city jumping with joy, Hyderabad got a much-awaited respite from the ongoing heat wave as it rained in some parts of the city on Sunday evening.
It was raining in areas like Uppal Ramanthapur, Habsiguda, Gatkesar, Boduppal and Narapally.
The IMD told TNM, "Though it rained in a few parts of Hyderabad, 42°C temperature was observed in Hyderabad. Districts like Medak and Mehnoobnagar Nagar in Telangana and Kalinghapatnam in Andhra Pradesh also observed some rains and thunderstorms on Sundayevening. Heat wave warning is still for there for next few days".
Due to the rains and wind a car met with an accident in Kothapet area of Hyderabad after construction scaffoldings fell on it.
Temperatures at Telangana on Sunday
HYDERABAD 42.2
ADILABAD 43.6
RAMAGUNDAM 43.2
MEDAK 42.6
KHAMMAM 42.2
NIZAMABAD 43.9
HANAMAKONDA 43.0
NALGONDA 43.8
Andhra Pradesh
KARNOOL 43.7
THIRUPATHI 40.2
ANANTHAPUR 44.0
ONGOLE 35.9
KALINGAPATNAM 33.6
NELLOR 38.3
MACHILIPATNAM 36.1
GANNAVARAM 38.7
BAPATLA 34.9
Reactions to the rains on social media
Finally it's raining in #Hyderabad pic.twitter.com/tFHgbYfr7U
— Chai Bisket (@ChaiBisket) April 17, 2016
#Rains #Hyderabad #AwesomeMousam #respite from #heat pic.twitter.com/lBiFMY23jf
— Girish (@Girish_Dongre) April 17, 2016
@geekyranjit For a welcome change we had unexpected rains for 25 mins here in Hyderabad pic.twitter.com/QxHkyCA8BA
— Ranjit (@geekyranjit) April 17, 2016
Hyderabad Rains pic.twitter.com/lpVdphcnt4
— Saiteja Maroju (@Me_Saiteja) April 17, 2016