<p id="content">Heavy rainfall have been creating havoc in most places in coastal Andhra Pradesh, Yanam and Rayalaseema for the past two days.
A weather system in the Bay of Bengal was causing the rainfall which is expected to continue for two more days. Winds up to a speed of 45-55 km were likely to hit the coastal region.
"South-west monsoon has been vigorous over coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema," said a Met official.
Starting Saturday night, rainfall accompanied with lightning and thunder struck intermittently with a heavy downpour. Yesterday it witnessed intermittent heavy rainfall.
Several streams and canals in the state were overflowing with rainwater.
Due to heavy rain, water flowed into several houses in east Godavari's Pithapuram district.
In Kurnool district, paddy and maize fields were inundated with rain water.
P. Gannavaram mandal in east Godavari has registered the highest amount of rainfall at 17.42 cm.
As many as 61 mandals in Ananthapuram have witnessed an average rainfall of 2.82 cm. In Kurnool, it rained 3.72 cm on an average.
Nearly 100 acres of paddy fields at Golugonda mandal in Visakhapatnam have been completely inundated with rainwater.
In Kadapa, 412 hectares of paddy, cotton and other crops have been affected by the rains.</p>.
As the war between Russia and Ukraine continues with Kremlin troops being relentless in their…
Taiwan's Ministry of Defence (MND) said it detected seven Chinese military aircraft and five naval…
Security personnel on Sunday morning launched a massive manhunt following a terrorist attack on an…
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said that India has "very strongly countered" China…
Striking against the freedom of speech and expression, Pakistan's paramilitary Frontier Corps opened fire at…
Vowing to give an appropriate response to Pakistan's cross-border terrorism, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar…