Torrential rains lashing various parts of Telangana since Tuesday have claimed 30 lives, including 19 in Greater Hyderabad.

The rains, under the impact of a deep depression that crossed the Andhra coast on Tuesday, triggered flash floods in the state capital and several districts.

The extremely heavy rainfall caused a deluge in Hyderabad and its suburbs. At least 19 people died in rain-related incidents while four others were still missing.

The incessant rains resulted in overflowing of lakes, tanks, rivulets and streams, inundation of low-lying areas and disruption of road transport.

The Army and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) joined the rescue and relief work in the worst-affected areas. Boats were deployed to evacuate people stranded in inundated areas while two helicopters were kept standby for the rescue operations.

In Hyderabad, nine people were killed in a wall collapse late Tuesday in Bandlaguda area. Ten people were killed in other incidents like drowning and electrocution.

A doctor died of electrocution in Banjara Hills while trying to pump out water from the cellar of his apartment building. A three-year-old boy drowned in water which had entered the cellar of a building in Dilsukhnagar.

Two women were washed away when the passengers of a bus of state-owned Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC), stuck in an overflowing stream between Kothagudem and Pochampally, were being rescued. The authorities rescued over 30 passengers.

(IANS)