KUTOKA UDOSINI:'Cool break' in city for two more days

Hyderabad Temperature
HYDERABAD: The city's day temperature came down drastically on Thursday recording 30.1 degree Celsius. From Wednesday's 34.3 degrees and last week's maximum temperature of 44.5 degrees, the cyclone-induced rains and cloudy weather led to dipping of temperatures giving the city a rather non-summer feel.
Officials from the Met department said that the city temperature had dropped by as much as 12 degrees over the last one week due to the cyclone, which drove away last week's sweltering heat wave conditions that prevailed until Tuesday. This cool break, courtesy Laila, would continue for the next two days, the Met department predicted.
However, the temperature would swing back to the May average of 39 degree Celsius once the cyclone departs.
Officials said that cyclones had struck the state during the summers of 1990 and 1994. While last year, Cyclone Aila had struck during the onset of monsoon and was one of the contributing factors for delaying the monsoon by a month, Cyclone Laila is different, the weathermen say.
"Aila had taken away all the moisture from the land. But Laila has not taken the moisture but brought rain to the land and it is a good sign for the ensuing monsoon," said R V Subba Rao, assistant meteorologist, Met department, Hyderabad.
Meanwhile, the showers on Thursday led to many trees getting uprooted in several areas. Huge trees fell on the road and electricity lines. Complaints of trees falling were reported from Padmarao Nagar, Nallakunta, Dabeerpura, Shah Ali Banda, Kalyan Nagar (Phase I), Dharam Karam Road and Ashok Nagar to the GHMC's emergency wing till late evening. 
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