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**Heavy Rains Lash Telangana, Flooding Hyderabad; Two Women Killed by Lightning**

**Hyderabad, India – September 22, 2025** – Torrential rains have inundated Hyderabad and several surrounding districts in Telangana, causing widespread flooding and disrupting normal life. Tragically, two women have lost their lives after being struck by lightning in separate incidents.

The highest rainfall was recorded in Atmakur(M) in the Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district, with 11.2 cm, followed by Kothaguda in Mahabubabad district with 10.8 cm and Errupalem in Khammam district with 10 cm.

In Hyderabad, the downpour Sunday night submerged major roads and residential areas. Areas like Nacharam, Hayathnagar, Kapra, Mallapur, and Gandhi Nagar experienced knee-deep water, severely impacting commuters and residents. Hayathnagar Defence Colony recorded 8.7 cm of rain, while Kapra received 7 cm.

Overflowing streams in the Kothaguda Mandal of Mahabubabad district have cut off access to ten villages. Extensive damage to crops has been reported, with maize flattened across hundreds of acres and cotton fields significantly impacted. Paddy fields are also submerged.

The Srisailam project is releasing 2.75 lakh cusecs by opening 10 gates. The floodwater from above is being released downstream at Sagar project with 26 gates.

The Hyderabad Meteorological Center has issued a warning for continued heavy rainfall in several districts on Monday, including Nirmal, Nizamabad, Rangareddy, Vikarabad, Sangareddy, Mahbubnagar, Nagarkurnool, Wanaparthi, Narayanpet, and Gadwal. The center also forecasts a low-pressure area forming over the Bay of Bengal around September 25th, which is likely to intensify into a depression by the 26th, potentially crossing the Odisha and Andhra Pradesh coasts around September 27th.

Adding to the misery, two women were killed by lightning strikes. Nirmala, 33, was killed when lightning struck a tree she was standing under in Pendalwada village of Boraj Mandal in Adilabad district. In a separate incident in Golapalli village of Makhtal Mandal in Narayanpet district, Shankaramma, 30, died after being struck by lightning while taking shelter under a tree with Nagamma(32).

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