Hyderabad, July 22 -- The eastern and north-eastern districts of Telangana have been earmarked for heavy rains in the next seventeen hours for which the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red alert warning.

A bulletin issued today at 4 pm forecasted heavy rains for the areas of Adilabad, Kumrambheem, Asifabad, Mancherial, Jagityal, Nirmal, Nizamabad, Rajanna Sircilla, and Kamareddy districts and thus earmarked them as red zones.

Light to moderate rains are expected throughout in Hyderabad, the IMD said.

The districts of Siddipet, Vikarabad, Sangareddy, Medak, Warangal, Suryapet, Mahbubabad, Khammam, Jayashankar Bhupalapally, Pedapalli,and Karimnagar have been dubbed as orange zones by the IMD.

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