WATCH: Hyderabad hit by 123.5 mm rain; roads flooded, traffic snarls across key areas

Hyderabad: Telangana’s capital city of Hyderabad was left reeling on Thursday evening after a sudden and intense spell of rain brought large parts of the city to a halt. The heavy downpour flooded roads, paralysed traffic, and led to widespread power outages, particularly during the peak evening commute.

The city’s western tech corridor, including Gachibowli, was among the worst hit, receiving an extraordinary 123.5 mm of rainfall. Adjacent neighbourhoods such as Khajaguda, Jubilee Hills, Banjara Hills, Ameerpet, Manikonda, and Khairatabad also faced severe disruption. Commuters were forced to navigate waist-deep water in some places, with many two-wheeler riders struggling against strong currents and waterlogged streets.

Visuals from Lanco Hills area

📍Lanco Hills or Venice? Hard to tell when your car starts floating!
Hyderabad’s rain turns premium zones into water parks — courtesy of poor drainage and planning.#HyderabadRains #Monsoon2025 #LancoHills #urbanflooding https://t.co/ZWccQifUcX pic.twitter.com/W6ofwejty2

— Citizen MattersX (@CitizenMattersX) August 7, 2025

Traffic disrupted across multiple locations

Major thoroughfares in Srinagar Colony and Shaikpet resembled flowing streams, bringing traffic to a near standstill. Several vehicles were left stranded, while long traffic jams added to the chaos. Traffic police from both Hyderabad and Cyberabad remained deployed late into the night, issuing alerts and managing diversions. Meanwhile, emergency response teams from the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation worked to clear uprooted trees, broken signboards, and exposed electrical lines.

🚨 Urban flooding turns roads into rivers, and commutes into nightmares!
Miyapur to Lingampally is at a standstill.
Civic preparedness clearly drowned with the first downpour.
How many more warnings before real action?#HyderabadRains #HyderabadFloods #UrbanMess #Miyapur… https://t.co/CMCfPJNn9a pic.twitter.com/6M8hYvrnLF

— Citizen MattersX (@CitizenMattersX) August 7, 2025

As a safety measure, officials opened a sluice gate of the Himayath Sagar reservoir to ease the rising water levels, releasing excess rainwater into the Musi River after continuous upstream showers.

Weather forecast for today | IMD’s weekly prediction for Hyderabad

The India Meteorological Department has warned of more rain in the coming days. Friday is expected to be cloudy, with light to moderate rainfall likely by evening and gusts reaching up to 40 km/h. Persistent rainfall is forecast for Saturday, with a drop in daytime temperatures to around 27 degrees Celsius, coupled with high humidity throughout.