:Hyderabad and parts of the state witnessed a sudden downpour on Sunday, catching off-guard many people who had ventured out for a holiday outing. The rain did provide much-needed relief from the heat that dominated the earlier part of the day. According to the Telangana Development Planning Society's report, Ramachandrapuram and Patancheru recorded cumulative rainfall of 56.
5 mm, Jubilee Hills 35 mm and Chandanagar and Serilingampally 33.3 mm. In the state, Sangareddy's Kisteradipet recording 69.
3 mm rainfall, followed by 56.5 mm at Ramachandrapuram and Gandipet 54.8 mm.
The IMD has issued a thunderstorm alert for 17 districts for Monday: Kumuram Bheem Asifabad, Mancherial, Jayashankar Bhupalpally, Mulugu, Bhadradri Kothagudem, Nalgonda, Suryapet, Mahbubabad, Jangaon, Siddipet, Yadadri Bhongir, Rangareddy, Vikarabad, Sangareddy, Medak, Mahabubnagar, and Nagarkurnool..