Cyclone Ditwah: Rains lash south coastal Andhra Pradesh

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Owing to low-pressure successful  the Bay of Bengal, dense  rainfall lashes Ongole.

Owing to low-pressure successful the Bay of Bengal, dense rainfall lashes Ongole. | Photo Credit: Kommuri Srinivas

Though the remnant of cyclonic tempest Ditwah weakened, it has shown a terrible interaction connected southbound coastal Andhra Pradesh. With the continuous rains for the past 3 days, the radical of Tirupati, SPSR Nellore and Prakasam districts person experienced inundated roads and flooded canals, disrupting their life, peculiarly successful the low-lying areas.

According to the latest bulletin of Regional Meteorological Centre, the slump weakened into a well-marked debased unit country implicit North Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts and neighbourhood by Wednesday greeting 5.30 am. It is precise apt to proceed to determination south-westwards and weaken further into a low-pressure country during adjacent 24 hours.

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Tirupati, Nellore and Prakasam districts person received full rainfall of 2,137 mm, 1,415 mm and 11.4 mm by Wednesday greeting 6 am. Tirupati and Nellore districts whitethorn proceed to person dense rains for different day. Many low-lying areas successful some the districts person been submerged successful rainwater. The concern was intimately monitored by the section leaders and municipal staff.

Several areas successful Nellore metropolis were waterlogged owed to the rains. YSR Nagar 5th Street and 8th Street residents were facing terrible problems arsenic these areas were wholly submerged and the rainwater was entering into their houses. Similar was the concern successful immoderate streets of G.K. Colony, Rajaram Reddy Nagar, Ravindra Nagar and Sramika Nagar areas.

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Heavy rains person caused waterlogging not lone successful slums but besides successful galore decent localities of the metropolis including Magunta Layout, Gomti Nagar, Mini Bypass, Saptagiri Layout, Ayyappagudi Junction and different areas. The rainwater has stagnated successful the parking areas of respective residential apartments, causing troubles to the dwellers. The concern successful the distant suburbs is adjacent much dire.

Harinadhapuram electrical substation was submerged and the energy section unit are struggling to participate the premises. According to them, the information of the substation was the aforesaid for the past mates of years, but the elder officials person been ignoring the issue.

Cyclone Ditwah’s antithetic stall leads to prolonged rains successful Tamil Nadu

On the orders of Nellore Rural MLA Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy, his member and TDP person Kotamreddy Giridhar Reddy has extensively toured galore low-lying areas successful the metropolis from 4 am. He issued respective instructions to Nellore Municipal Corporation (NMC) officials to divert the rainwater done irrigation canals. He advised radical successful low-lying areas to beryllium alert successful presumption of the dense rain.

During the visit, helium spoke to the locals and advised them to telephone the MLA bureau instantly successful lawsuit of immoderate need.

Published - December 03, 2025 03:22 p.m. IST

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