IMD issues red alert for South Coastal A.P. and Rayalaseema

A day after very heavy rain (more than 115 mm) lashed several places in South Coastal Andhra Pradesh including Kavali, Addanki, Kandukur, the region recorded light to moderate rainfall on October 15, Tuesday.

A day after very heavy rain (more than 115 mm) lashed several places in South Coastal Andhra Pradesh including Kavali, Addanki, Kandukur, the region recorded light to moderate rainfall on October 15, Tuesday.

According to the information provided by the A.P. State Development Planning Society, the day’s highest (by 7 p.m.) of 31 mm was recorded in Kovur in Nellore district. Nagari in Chittoor district, Tada and Puttur in Tirupati district, Pithapuram in Kakinada district, Podili in Prakasam district recorded rain somewhere between 25 mm and 30 mm from 8.30 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday.

However, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert (extremely heavy rainfall) for the districts of Praksam, Nellore, Chittoor, Annamayya, Tirupati and YSR Kadapa on October 16, while orange alert is issued for Bapatla, Anantapur and Sri Sathya Sai districts.

According to the IMD’s bulletin issued at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, the well-marked low pressure area over the central part of south Bay of Bengal moved west-northwestwards and lay centered over southwest and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal.

It is likely to move west-northwestwards and intensify into a depression over southwest Bay of Bengal during the next 12 hours, triggering very heavy rainfall in coastal districts and Rayalaseema.

IMD, Amaravati Director S. Stella said many districts in the Rayalaseema region are likely to witness heavy rain by the midnight of October 15, as the depression will be moving closer to the coast of south Andhra Pradesh and north Tamil Nadu.

Squally winds with a speed reaching 35 kmph to 45 kmph, gusting up to 55 kmph, is likely to blow across the State.