Hyderabad, Aug. 11 -- The residents of Hyderabad need to gear up for heavy rains from afternoon till midnight as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert on Monday, August 11.

As per the weather department, other districts of the state are also likely to receive heavy rains.

Yellow alert till August 17

The IMD Hyderabad has extended its yellow alert warning for various districts of the state till Sunday due to heavy rains forecast.

On August 13 and 14, very heavy rains are expected and in view of it, the weather department has issued an orange alert.

For today, weather enthusiast T. Balaji, who is in Rangareddy, Vikarabad, Sangareddy, Mahabubnagar, Nagarkurnool, Wanaparthy, Narayanpet, Gadwal, Nalgonda, Yad...