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New Delhi
At least 12 people were killed in incidents of wall and house collapses amid record rains in southern India, officials and media reports said on Wednesday.
Nine people died in the city of Hyderabad after a perimeter wall collapsed and fell on a set of houses during heavy rains Tuesday night, regional lawmaker Asaduddin Owaisi said on Twitter. Three more people, an old couple and their grandson, were killed when their house collapsed during the downpour in a nearby village also on Tuesday night, local media reported. Daily life has been thrown out of gear across parts of Hyderabad as roads are flooded and vehicles washed away in several neighbourhoods.
Telangana and neighbouring Andhra Pradesh states have witnessed heavy rains for the last three days caused by a deep depression in the Bay of Bengal. A total of 18 people have died in the region since Monday, domestic media reported.
Hyderabad received the highest rainfall in 24 hours in over 20 years, the Indian Metereological Department officials said, according to the Times of India daily.
Heavy rains and thunderstorms are expected in the the region through Thursday.
New Delhi
At least 12 people were killed in incidents of wall and house collapses amid record rains in southern India, officials and media reports said on Wednesday.
Nine people died in the city of Hyderabad after a perimeter wall collapsed and fell on a set of houses during heavy rains Tuesday night, regional lawmaker Asaduddin Owaisi said on Twitter. Three more people, an old couple and their grandson, were killed when their house collapsed during the downpour in a nearby village also on Tuesday night, local media reported. Daily life has been thrown out of gear across parts of Hyderabad as roads are flooded and vehicles washed away in several neighbourhoods.
Telangana and neighbouring Andhra Pradesh states have witnessed heavy rains for the last three days caused by a deep depression in the Bay of Bengal. A total of 18 people have died in the region since Monday, domestic media reported.
Hyderabad received the highest rainfall in 24 hours in over 20 years, the Indian Metereological Department officials said, according to the Times of India daily.
Heavy rains and thunderstorms are expected in the the region through Thursday.
