Telangana was battered by “exceptionally” heavy rainfall with the integrated highest rainfall recorded when Chityal in Jayashankar Bhupalapally district recorded 61.6 cm, surpassing the earlier record of 51.6 cm in Wazeed (Mulugu) on July 19, 2013, based on 2004-2022 rainfall data on Thursday.
Several places received 20 cm or more rain, including Regonda (47 cm), Ghanpur of J. Bhupalpally (46 cm), Parkal in Hanumakonda (46 cm), Mogullapalle in J. Bhupalpally (43cm), Venkatapur (37 cm), Govindaraopet (33 cm), Shayampet in Hanumakonda (30 cm), Jammikunta in Karimnagar (29 cm), Atmakur in Hanumakonda (29) cm, Nallabelly in Warangal (29 cm) and Hasanparthy in Hanumakonda (29 cm).
Other places which recorded more than 20 cm of rain included Huzurabad (Karimnagar) 28 cm, Bheemadevarpalle (Hanumakonda) 26 cm, Pinapaka ( B. Kothagudem) 25 cm, Zaffergadh (Jangaon) 25 cm, Bhupalpalle 24 cm, Boath (Adilabad) 23 cm, Mahabubabad 23 cm, Kodakandla (Jangaon) 22 cm, Parvathagiri (Warangal) 22 cm, Kothagudem (B. Kothagudem) 22 cm, Chennaraopet (Warangal) 21 cm, Nirmal Khanapur (Warangal) 21 cm, Sarangapurnrl (Nirmal) 21 cm, Dharmasagar (Hanumakonda) 21 cm, Narsampet (Warangal) 20 cm, Sirpuru (Kumaram Bheem) 20 cm, Kothaguda (Mahabubabad) 20 cm, Sangem (Warangal) 20 cm, Palawancha ( B. Kothagudem) 20 cm.
