Heavy rain lashed Hyderabad on Monday night killing two persons, including a child, and injuring two when a wall collapsed in Singadikunta area in Banjara Hills. One person died of electrocution in Hussaini Alam in the old city area.
Officials said it was a cloudburst over the city as some areas recorded 7 cm to 12 cm rainfall. The heavy rain inundated several low-lying colonies.
People returning home from their workplaces were caught in long traffic snarls. Techies were stranded in a long traffic jam in Madhapur, which houses many software giants.
With water levels rising sharply at few places, some people left stranded in their cars had to be rescued.
Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) pressed its emergency teams into service to clear the roads by pumping out the flood water.
According to Hyderabad MeT office, the heavy downpour was caused by thunderstorm activity resulting from upper air circulation lying over Rayalaseema and upper air trough running from Odisha to Kerala across Telangana.
As the city's roads turned into rivers, irked residents took to social media.
Heavy rainfall in Hyderabad this evening. Stay safe. Drive safe.#HyderabadRains pic.twitter.com/sKuffrMY6G
— Bhartendu Sharma (@Bhartendulkar) October 2, 2017
Be safe..don't venture out #HyderabadRains #bajaj electronics shop #malakpet.rainfury pic.twitter.com/IjEzB5goCW
— satya pamula (@satyapamula) October 2, 2017
#HyderabadRainspic.twitter.com/hAa2YjDy3m
— TMSR Updates (@TmsruTollywood) October 3, 2017
Apt basement #HyderabadRains pic.twitter.com/FCJbQwbGVD
— Ramani (@Ramani0808) October 3, 2017
#HyderabadRains@Uber /@Olacabs Is it possible to start boat service today. pic.twitter.com/yHodmRmGNi
— बाबा जी का ठुल्लू (@INDIA_E_mc2) October 3, 2017
#HyderabadRains #Gachibowli floating cars in #Hyderabad @WeAreHyderabad @HiHyderabad pic.twitter.com/etrPPMIi3y
— ARUN KUMAR (@ArunEadelli) October 3, 2017
Can you believe this happened in Hyderabad today #HyderabadRains pic.twitter.com/JnCn3pvP8b
— Frustitute (@Frustitute) October 2, 2017
The Punjagutta Flyover is flooded again! #HyderabadRains pic.twitter.com/aXMnRT5rEA
— Venkat Parthasarathy (@Venkrek) October 2, 2017
Car with driver stuck in heavy flow of rain water #HyderabadRains pic.twitter.com/ZuTyXecxBU
— Aashish (@Ashi_IndiaToday) October 2, 2017
#HyderabadRains @SadhguruJV #StaySafe pic.twitter.com/dlSmvFSQfF
— Mirchi RJ Sameer (@MirchiRJSameer) October 2, 2017
@anusha_puppala Every teardrop is a waterfall.#HyderabadRains pic.twitter.com/a2oAWKO6iN
— Kiran (@kiran_gunturu) October 2, 2017
When you get your own swimming pool, that too just outside your door. #HyderabadRains pic.twitter.com/wux49lnc2c
— Aashish (@Ashi_IndiaToday) October 2, 2017
Google's machine learning algorithms are confused too. Mistaking the parking lot at my brother's place as a swimming pool. #HyderabadRains pic.twitter.com/iSAgn32Tgj
— Kartik Dayanand (@KartikDayanand) October 2, 2017
No this is not boat ride on waterway #NotVenice; said to be city road after #HyderabadRains pic.twitter.com/i1KL6W1wKP
— Uma Sudhir (@umasudhir) October 2, 2017
Hitec city in #Hyderabad. Monday late evening. And beneath that water are pothole-littered roads. pic.twitter.com/N4JV1AG5ca
— T S Sudhir (@Iamtssudhir) October 2, 2017
This is Mahatma Gandhi Road in #Hyderabad on Gandhi Jayanti. pic.twitter.com/dZGeHzNdPt
— T S Sudhir (@Iamtssudhir) October 2, 2017
Thunder and lightning at the Charminar in #Hyderabad on oct 2 night pic.twitter.com/ZxQRjAv6UK
— T S Sudhir (@Iamtssudhir) October 2, 2017
Must acknowledge police constables like this man who tried to help traffic last night in rain-hit #Hyderabad. pic.twitter.com/Fc87NJ2g6j
— T S Sudhir (@Iamtssudhir) October 3, 2017