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Monsoon rains lash coast, Rayalaseema
SDRF personnel shifting residents to safer areas at Saraswathi Nagar in Nanyal town on Monday
- Many streams and canals overflow with rainwater
- P Gannavaram in East Godavari registers highest rainfall of 17.42 cm
- Paddy, cotton and other crops affected
Amaravati: Heavy rainfall 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 September 12 (Saturday) night, rainfall accompanied with lightning and thunder struck intermittently with heavy downpour. The entire Sunday 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.
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 Anantapur have witnessed an average rainfall of 2.82 cm. In Kurnool, it rained 3.72 cm on an average.
Nearly 100 acre paddy fields at Golugonda mandal in Visakhapatnam have been completely inundated with rainwater. In Kadapa, 412 hectare of paddy, cotton and other crops have been affected by the rains.
