Hyderabad witnesses heavy rain with hail, trees uprooted and property damaged

Hyderabad was greeted with inundated streets on Tuesday night as heavy rains and hail, accompanied by thundershowers lashed the city. Several parts of the city witnessed power cuts, even as gusty winds uprooted trees in some areas. According to reports, hail and gust even broke a few window panes in apartments, and damaged private and public property. According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Hyderabad witnessed 6 cm of rainfall, while parts of Telangana like Khammam and Mahbubabad witnessed 7 cm. It's #hailstorm in my place, Madhura Nagar #Hyderabad, can imagine the situation in the city pic.twitter.com/ciXg20gDm2— kavitha Rao (@iamKavithaRao) May 9, 2017 @GHMCOnline Huge tree branch fallen in front of my apartment last night, not removed it, no power since 11pm,D-block MadhuraNagar #Hyderabad pic.twitter.com/Vb5sfxjjOL — kavitha Rao (@iamKavithaRao) May 10, 2017 @KTRTRS @GHMCOnline Srinagar colony to Yusufuguda road two big trees fallen on high tension current wires ji pic.twitter.com/FsKvC8psgP — G Sriniwasa kumar (@SKNonline) May 9, 2017 Two trucks break down at #BanjaraHills road no 1 in front of #GVK #Mall. Heavy flooding in front of #City #Centre as cars float @KTRTRS pic.twitter.com/MSNbSKazY0 — Preeti Biswas (@PreetiBiswasTOI) May 9, 2017 Please dial 100 in case of an emergency. All emergency services linked to it. Alternately you can call 040-21111111 to reach @GHMCOnline — KTR (@KTRTRS) May 9, 2017 #GHMC has started lifting fallen trees and clearing at KBR Park and Yousufguda pic.twitter.com/SeDC9a5KSc — GHMC (@GHMCOnline) May 9, 2017 #GHMC team removing fallen trees at Road no.7, Banjarahills pic.twitter.com/ft7ysIrxYX — GHMC (@GHMCOnline) May 9, 2017 #GHMC teams have been cleared the fallen trees at KCP Junction, GVK Junction, and Taj Krishna. pic.twitter.com/MKMki47HXO — GHMC (@GHMCOnline) May 9, 2017 Relief measures are underway by #GHMC emergency teams. pic.twitter.com/4e6smN1jRy — GHMC (@GHMCOnline) May 10, 2017 .@KTRTRS @MinIT_Telangana @TelanganaCMO @CommissionrGHMC @Dattatreya @MVenkaiahNaidu Releaf measures by #GHMC emergency teams pic.twitter.com/6dnRBWDBFT — GHMC (@GHMCOnline) May 10, 2017 #GHMC emergency squad clearing water stagnation at NIMS Hospital, Panjagutta pic.twitter.com/T4C0cgsxcp — GHMC (@GHMCOnline) May 10, 2017 Masab Tank . Morning 4.30 . Hailstorm uprooted trees at many places in Hyderabad. #HyderabadRains #Telangana pic.twitter.com/z4jSG7ZITC — S.Vasudeva Murthy (@svmurthy) May 10, 2017 Power supply disrupts as trees fall on electric lines in several parts of #Hyderabad since wee hours today. pic.twitter.com/mGCp51xlpI — All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) May 10, 2017 Strong winds and heavy #rains resulted in 291 trees & 32 electric poles being uprooted. R v really ready for Monsoon? #Hyderabad #Telangana pic.twitter.com/b5CwN7aePw— Paul C Oommen (@Paul_Oommen) May 10, 2017 The Times of India reported that the reason for the rains was a trough, a region of low atmospheric pressure, that extended from the Maharashtra's North Vidarbha region to south Tamil Nadu, passing across Telangana and Andhra's Rayalaseema area. Meanwhile, the IMD has predicted light to moderate rain accompanied with thundershowers over parts of Telangana on Wednesday. It also predicted the possibility of hail at isolated places across the state.