10 Dead as Heavy Rainfall Wreaks Havoc in Andhra

The unseasonal heavy rainfall, accompanied by strong winds and thunderstorms, killed 10 people across Andhra Pradesh besides extensively damaging agriculture in 2,224 hectares and horticulture in 138 acres since Sunday, officials told chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday.

- Srinivasa Rao Apparasu

HYDERABAD:

At a review meeting conducted by Naidu on the unseasonal rains that wreaked havoc in different parts of the state, the officials informed him that 10 people died due to rain-related incidents, including four in Tirupati district, two each in Bapatla and Prakasam districts and one each in Eluru and Nellore district.

Nine of them died when they were struck by lightning, while one person died due to the fall of a tree trunk," the officials said.

The heavy rains that began at 8.30 am on Sunday morning, continued till the early hours of Monday. According to the IMD data, the highest rainfall was recorded in Kajuluru village in Kakinada district, which received 100 mm of rain.

This is followed by 94.5 mm rainfall in Chollangipeta (Tallarevu mandal), 75.5 mm in Karapa, 66.75 mm in Kakinada town (all in Kakinada district), 65.5 mm each in Amalapuram (Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Konaseema district) and Paidimetta (East Godavari district), 65.25 mm in Nidamarru (Eluru district), and 64.75 mm in Dharmajigudem (West Godavari district).