Evening rain disrupts life in Hyderabad

Hyderabad

Heavy rain with gusts of wind lashed parts of Hyderabad on Friday evening, catching commuters and motorists unawares.

“Bale dorkam (we got caught),” said Vishnu Prabhas Varma, who boarded a metro train at Begumpet. An intern at a software company said he escaped Tuesday’s rain while in the office in the evening.

Thunder and lightning rain covered large parts of the city from Patancher in the west to Ameerpet and Begumpet in central Hyderabad.

The India Meteorological Department, Hyderabad, has issued a rain and moderate thunderstorm warning with maximum gusty winds of up to 60 kmph for Hyderabad, Medchal Malkajgiri, Nizamabad, Warangal and Rangareddy districts at 9:30 pm.

Unlike Tuesday’s rain, which significantly disrupted traffic and urban life in the western part of the city, Friday’s rain had minimal impact. Traffic was disrupted at Kukatpally, Lakdi-ka-pul and Begumpet, with motorists delayed for 5-10 minutes.

Published – 12 Jun 2026 22:04 IST