Andhra Pradesh rains: CM Chandrababu Naidu alerts officials about likelihood of flash floods
The Hindu
Andhra Pradesh CM N. Chandrababu Naidu warns of flash floods, monitors heavy rains, and addresses diarrhoea outbreak.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu told the officials to be on high alert to the likelihood of flash floods in some parts of the State owing to heavy rains triggered by the depression in Bay of Bengal.
Mr. Naidu directed the CMO to keep him updated about the downpour, especially in Nellore and Tirupati districts, on being informed that the rainfall exceeded 20 centimetres at a few places.
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