An intense cloudburst of an hour’s duration left the city gasping for breath, and brought to fore the chronic insufficiencies in public infrastructure yet again on Thursday, May 16.
By 6 p.m., the highest rainfall of over 9 centimetres was recorded at Krishna Nagar colony of Yousufguda, as per the data gathered from the automatic weather monitoring stations. Venkateshwara Colony of Banjara Hills followed with 8.8 centimetres, and Malakpet and Begum Bazar close behind with above 8 centimetres. Langar Houz, Nampally, Asmangadh, and Khairatabad recorded above 7 centimetres.
The day which began with bright sun and no trace of clouds, suddenly transformed towards the evening. It began to pour towards Northern part of the city after 3.15 p.m., which soon enveloped the whole city, accompanied by heavy winds.
