An eight-year-old girl was killed and her mother injured on Friday when the roof of their mud house collapsed in Narayanapet district of Telangana in heavy rains, even as the downpour caused havoc in Hyderabad.
The girl was killed when the rain-soaked roof of her home at Pulimamidi village collapsed on Friday morning, police said.
Her mother is undergoing treatment at a government hospital, they said.
Heavy rains lashed Hyderabad and many other parts of the state since late Thursday, but there was a lull in the downpour this morning.
Gudimalkapur, Red Hills, Srinagar Colony, Sivarampalle, Monda Market, Gananka Bhavan (Khairatabad), Vijay Nagar colony and other areas of Hyderabad received between 10 to 14 cm of rainfall since Thursday, official data said.
The IMD weather bulletin said Rajendranagar and Golconda here and Thimmajipet in Nagarkurnool district received 8 cms of rainfall, followed by Hakimpet (Hyderabad) and Julapalle in Peddapalle district (seven cm each)
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