Rains bring down temperatures in Andhra, Telangana

Pre-monsoon showers continued in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on Wednesday, further bringing down the day temperature, Met officials said.

Many parts of coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions of Andhra Pradesh while isolated rains occurred in Telangana, where the conditions remained relatively hot and humid.

According to the Hyderabad Meteorological Office, the highest maximum temperature of 43 degree Celsius in Telangana was recorded at Nizamabad.

Almost all places in Telagana recorded maximum temperature of over 40 degree Celsius.

Adilabad and Nalgonda were also hot at 42 degrees. Hanamkonda, Hyderabad and Medak recorded a maximum temperature of 41 while it was 40 degrees in Mahabubnagar and Ramagundam.

This was a three to four notches lower than the maximum temperature in the state a few days ago.

Parts of Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Medak and Nalgonda districts received rainfall between one and three centimetres during the last 24 hours.

The Met office has forecast light to moderate rain or thundershowers at a few places in Telangana during the next couple of days.

Few places over coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema continued to receive rains. The rainfall at a few places in the two regions ranged between six and 11 centimetres.

Three people were killed due to lightening in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday. While two people died in Chittoor district, one person died in Prakasam.

The pre-monsoon showers have brought down the temperatures in Andhra Pradesh.

The highest maximum temperature of 40 degree Celsius was recorded at Nellore and Jangamaheshwarapuram in Guntur district.

The maximum temperature in most parts of the state was between 33 and 36 degree Celsius.

Met officials said the mercury at some places in coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema was one or two degree below average.

They forecast moderate to rather heavy rains or thundershowers over coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema.

The pre-monsoon rains have provided respite to people from the blistering heat wave, which killed more than 2,200 people in the two Telugu states during the last 20 days.

Andhra Pradesh has reportedly accounted for 1,677 deaths while 542 people died of sunstroke in Telangana.