The heavens opened and Telangana drowned in a single, merciless downpour—340 mm in Warangal’s Parvathagiri, 312 mm in Hanumakonda’s historic heart, 200–300 mm across Jangaon, Siddipet, Khammam, Mahabubnagar, and Nalgonda. Roads became rivers, villages islands, cities submerged. IMD issued red alerts 48 hours ahead. Yet, no pre-emptive evacuations materialised.