Thunderstorm alert in 17 Telangana districts today

According to IMD’s latest weather bulletin, thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and gusty winds are very likely to occur at isolated areas in Adilabad, Kumaram Bheem Asifabad, Mancherial, Nirmal, Nizamabad, Jagtial, Rajanna Sircilla, Karimnagar, Peddapalli, Jayashankar Bhupalpally, Mulugu, Bhadradri Kothagudem, Khammam, Rangareddy, Hyderabad, Medchal Malkajgiri and Kamareddy. The IMD also cautioned that strong surface winds are very likely to prevail at isolated places across all 33 districts of the State.

In Hyderabad and its surrounding areas, the forecast for the next 24 hours indicates generally cloudy skies, with the possibility of light rain or thundershowers accompanied by strong surface winds in some parts of the city. Hazy conditions are expected during morning hours. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 31°Celsius and 24°Celsius respectively, the bulletin said.