Photos: Floods hit parts of Hyderabad as rains return

Several parts on the Old City area continue to be flooded as rescue efforts continue

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1/13
Once again, Hyderabad witnessed heart-rending scenes as people caught in helpless situations amidst waterlogged roads, floodwaters gushing into houses and desperate rescue attempts by volunteers and government personnel, following heavy rains the previous night. Above, people wade through floodwaters after heavy rainfall on the street at Baba Nagar in Hyderabad.
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2/13
Traffic snarls of over two hours were reported at several places and power supply to many more localities has been cut off.
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3/13
Water gushing out from a manhole following heavy rain at a locality Kodandaram Nagar, Saroornagar in Hyderabad.
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4/13
Rescue team carry an infant during an operation to move flood-affected people to a safer place, at Hafiz Baba Nagar in Hyderabad. After respite of two days, heavy to very heavy rains lashed the city, inundating main thoroughfares and leaving colonies flooded.
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5/13
NDRF personnel carry out a rescue operation to move locals to a safer place following heavy rain, at Al-Jubail Colony in Hyderabad.
PTI
6/13
The weather department has forecasted that a low pressure area is likely to develop over the Bay of Bengal and become well-marked in the next 24 hours. So far, Hyderabad has received 158% excess rainfall this year.
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7/13
People wade through floodwaters after heavy rainfall at a street at Jillelaguda in Hyderabad.Record rains and heavy flooding in the southern Indian state of Telangana collapsed houses and killed more than a dozen people, police said.
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8/13
Parishioners carry material from the flooded Holy Trinity church following heavy rains in Hyderabad.
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9/13
A motorist wades through flood water in a street after heavy rainfall in Hyderabad.
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10/13
The threat of Covid-19 hangs over the countless flood-affected people of Hyderabad, who have been rescued and accommodated in relief centres across the city.
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11/13
A returning wall of the Balapure lake collapsed following continuous heavy rain due to which rainwater entered Hafiz Baba Nagar locality causing flood type situation, in Hyderabad.
ANI
12/13
Several colonies in the older parts of the city were inundated following heavy rains on Sunday night and inflows into the tanks resulting in flooding once again.
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13/13
In this combo image, NDRF personnel carry out rescue operation of a new born baby and the mother from a flood affected area, in Hyderabad.
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