9 Dead As Rains Continue In Andhra, Floodwater Enters Houses In Telangana
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Andhra Pradesh, Telangana Rains: Due to heavy rainfall, South Central Railway has cancelled over 20 trains and diverted over 30 in both the states due to heavy floods.
Heavy rain continued in many parts of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on Sunday for the second day in a row, causing severe water-logging in several areas, submerging houses and cars. Due to incessant rainfall, South Central Railway has cancelled over 20 trains and diverted over 30 in both the states due to heavy floods. Depression over South Odisha and adjoining South Chhattisgarh and north Andhra Pradesh abt 60 km southeast of Jagdalpur, 70 km northeast of Malkangiri.Likely to move across South Odisha,South Chhattisgarh and Vidarbha and weaken into Well Marked Low Pressure Area during nxt 24hrs pic.twitter.com/NquuptJtW5 #Floods#RescueOps🔸@10NDRF conducted #FWR Ops🔸Evacuated 22 people (Male-15 & Female-07)🔸from flooded areas of NTR Dist. (AP)#Committed2Serve#NDRF4U@HMOIndia@PIBHomeAffairs@ANIpic.twitter.com/GM6zQba35o
In Andhra Pradesh, Ambapuram, Nainavaram, Nunna, and Pathapadu villages in Vijayawada Rural Mandal have been completely submerged. Police and NDRF teams have initiated rescue and relief operations, relocating affected residents to rehabilitation centers.
The weather office issued a warning that cyclone "Asna," a deep depression over the Arabian Sea, is expected to move West-Northwest away from the Indian coast in the next 24 hours.
The depression over north Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coasts been causing heavy rainfall in these two states over the past two days. It has moved northwestwards to cross the southern state's coast near Kalingapatnam in the early hours of Sunday, a India Meteorological Department official told news agency PTI.
