Telangana prepares for rain as the cyclone circulation intensifies

According to a government official, Telangana is likely to experience moderately widespread rainfall on August 18–20 as a result of an upper air cyclonic circulation over the northeast Bay of Bengal.

Nagaratna, Director at Metrological Centre, Hyderabad said, “At present, the weather situation indicates that the upper air cyclonic circulation lies over the northeast Bay of Bengal. During the next 48 hours, it is likely to move over the north Bay of Bengal and intensify into a low-pressure system and under its influence Telangana is likely to have light to moderate rains during the next days and thereafter. There is a slight increase in rainfall activity with moderate to heavy over north Telangana and light to moderate rains in the rest of the parts of Telangana. The state is likely to have fairly widespread rainfall on the 18th, 19th and 20th of August.”

A yellow warning has been issued for the Telangana districts of Komarambheem, Mancherial, Jaishankar Bhupalpally, Mulugu, Warangal, and Pedapally by the Met office in Hyderabad for the 19th. The director of the Meteorological Center, Nagarata, predicts that Hyderabad will likely experience light rain for the next 48 hours. Temperatures in the city will be between 33 and 35 degrees celsius.