A 30-minute heavy downpour brought the city to a standstill, leaving motorists stuck in fender-to-fender traffic at most locations on Saturday evening, while many others were forced to take shelter under flyovers.
Just as some weather enthusiasts and bloggers on Twitter, and the Met Centre in Hyderabad forecast, rain started at around 9 p.m. and continued heavily for the next 30 minutes. Widespread light to moderate rain followed for several hours.
The rain not only was a challenge for motorists returning home from work, but also tested their driving skills with zero-visibility and waterlogging within minutes of the downpour. The Doppler Radar map of IMD centre in Hyderabad showed the rain covering the entire GHMC area.
