Three houses collapsed, youth dead, several towns flooded in Anantapur district
The Hindu
District Collector S. Nagalakshmi reviewed the situation with Revenue and Irrigation Department officials and ordered that necessary relief and rehabilitation measures be taken.
A youth died and three others were injured in three incidents of house collapse as there were incessant rains in Anantapur district during the last 36 hours.
The cyclonic storm that turned into a depression and crossed over from the Bay of Bengal to land at 5.30 a.m. on Friday, lay centered over Chittoor district and due to its pull effect, heavy rains were witnessed all over Anantapur district and southern parts of Kurnool.
A youth identified as Ranjith died in Ganthumarri village in Ramagiri Mandal, when the house collapsed while he was asleep.
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