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14 Perished in India’s Heaviest 24 Hour Rainfall In Telangana

14 dead as Telangana district logs India’s heaviest 24 hour downpour this monsoon With 14 more dead bodies found on Friday in flood waters in Mulugu district, which saw the worst 24-hour rainfall in India so far this monsoon season, the death toll from Telangana’s catastrophic rainstorm this week reached 23.

In the 24 hours ending at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Mulugu district received 649.8mm of rain. Telangana releases statistics that break records. The IMD stated, “Mulugu leads with an astounding 64.9cm, the first time we’ve seen such tremendous value this season.

Previous single-day records had been set by Gujarat’s GirSomnath (54 cm) and Mathe ran (40 cm), both last week.
8 of the 14 fatalities in Mulugu are attributed to Kondai village.

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The village of Kondai in Telangana’s Mulugu district, which was entirely submerged on Thursday, was said to be the scene of eight of the 14 fatalities brought on by the severe downpour. The victims’ bodies were found on Friday after being washed away in the swollen Jampanna Vagu creek.

Although it didn’t rain much on Friday, government sources said the death toll could grow if more remains are discovered and flood waters recede. Those who survived in Kondai were fortunate to find a high place to hide out. IAF helicopters sent to the village dropped aid for the residents. Later, NDRF officials relocated them to rehabilitation facilities put up in the administrative center of the Eturnagaram mandal.

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Other villages in Mulugu that were badly affected included Malyala and Dodla. Tribal welfare minister Sathyavathi Rathod advised people in the affected villages not to enter their houses if the waters had not receded.

Srushti Sharma

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