In Telangan, at least seven people died in separate rain-related incidents in different parts of the state since Sunday night. Most of the victims were swept in flash floods due to heavy rains in Vikarabad, Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri and Hanumakonda districts.In Vikarabad, newlyweds Pravalika and Nawaz Reddy were travelling with four others in a car while returning from a post-marriage function, when the new bride, her sister-in-law Shweta and her son, Thrinath Reddy, 8, were washed away. The boy has not yet been found. The body of a software engineer was found floating in a drain in Warangal on Sunday night. He has been identified as Vorrom Kranthi Kumar from Shivanagar. A laptop was also recovered. Pravalika and Nawaz Reddy got married on August 24.
In another incident, in Shankarpalli of Vikarabad, 70-year-old in a car getting washed away. A 30-year-old labourer was also washed away in Adilabad. Two young girls, riding pillion on a scooter, were also washed away in Yadadri Bhongir district. Twelve passengers on a state transport bus were rescued after the vehicle got stuck in flowing waters in Rajanna-Sircilla district. Vikarabad, Ranga Reddy and Siddipet received heavy rainfall as the south west monsoon turned vigorous. The weather department has issued heavy rain and thundershowers alert in Hyderabad, Adilabad, Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Warangal and Khammam.
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