Hyderabad, July 21 -- The eastern and north-eastern districts of Telangana have been earmarked for heavy rains in the next three days as the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red alert warning.

A bulletin issued today forecasted heavy rains for the areas of Asifabad, Komaram Bheem, Mancherial, Peddapalli, Jagtial, Jayashankar Bhupalpally, Mulugu and Bhadradri Kothagudem districts.

These districts are likely to receive over 20 cm rainfall owing to which the red alert was issued.

The orange alert was issued for districts like Adilabad, Nirmal, Nizamabad, Rajanna, Sircilla, Karimnagar, Khammam, Mahbubabad, Siddipet, Karimnagar, Warangal and Hanamkonda districts which are likely to witness rainfall close to 20 cm.

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