Heavy rain causes severe waterlogging in Hyderabad

HYDERABAD: Heavy rain hit parts of Hyderabad on Wednesday night, leading to severe waterlogging on several main roads.

Disaster Response Force (DRF) teams were deployed to clear water in areas like Santosh Nagar and Champapet.

The Southwest monsoon rainfall over India, which had stalled for nearly two weeks after the early onset this year, is likely to become active again starting Thursday.

#WATCH | Parts of Hyderabad city witness waterlogging issues after the city was lashed by heavy rainfall.

Visuals from Santosh Nagar and Champapet areas. pic.twitter.com/cMooFXtmsU

— ANI (@ANI) June 12, 2025

The India Meteorological Department (IMD), in its latest update, forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places and extremely heavy falls at isolated places over south peninsular India during June 12-15 and over Konkan and Goa on June 13 and June 14.

In the same update, IMD forecast that heat wave conditions are likely to continue over Northwest India, with severe heat wave conditions at isolated pockets over West Rajasthan until Thursday and abate thereafter.

The southwest monsoon hit Kerala on May 24, a week earlier than usual, marking its earliest arrival on the Indian mainland since 2009. The normal onset date for the southwest monsoon is June 1.

May 2025 was the wettest since 1901 in India, with the country receiving an average rainfall of 126.7 mm last month. The early onset of the southwest monsoon brought continuous rainfall across southern and eastern India, contributing to this record.

After an early onset, the progress of monsoon had stalled, reportedly on May 29, only to be active starting Thursday, as is expected by the state-run weather office. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a seven-day warning for Karnataka, predicting “widespread” rainfall in nearly all districts until June 17.

#WATCH | Karnataka | Parts of Hubballi are experiencing waterlogging after heavy rainfall.

Visuals from the Sangam Colony and the Arihant layout. pic.twitter.com/nmQkRMulo8

— ANI (@ANI) June 12, 2025

Hubballi in Dharwad district of Karnataka witnessed torrential rainfall early on Thursday, which caused massive waterlogging in several parts of the district, especially in Hanashi village.

According to the weather department, rainfall will remain widespread in coastal and north interior Karnataka until June 17. Meanwhile, rainfall will be “fairly widespread” in the districts of south interior Karnataka until June 14 before turning “widespread” for the next three days. (ANI)