A number of flights to and from Rajiv Gandhi Worldwide Airport had been cancelled or diverted on Wednesday as a consequence of unfavourable climate circumstances, airport sources stated.

IndiGo flights to Kochi, Chennai, Patna and Ahmedabad—and return companies from these locations—had been cancelled, they added.

As many as 11 flights had been diverted to different airports. Seven of them later returned and landed in Hyderabad by night.

The IMD stated a ‘crimson alert’ has been issued for numerous components of Telangana till Thursday.

An official from the Met Centre informed reporters that an ‘orange alert for “heavy to very heavy rainfall” has additionally been issued for a number of districts, together with Hyderabad.