Heavy rains lash Prakasam and Nellore districts, schools closed amid flood risk

Sixteen mandals successful Prakasam territory and 7 mandals successful SPSR Nellore territory received excess rainfall connected Tuesday. According to authorities data, Prakasam registered an mean rainfall of 53 mm, portion Nellore recorded 31.2 mm.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Met Centre successful Amaravati reported that a well-marked low-pressure country implicit the southwest Bay of Bengal, disconnected the northbound Sri Lanka coast, moved northwest and was situated disconnected the Tamil Nadu seashore connected Wednesday morning. As this strategy continues to determination northwest, it is apt to intensify into a slump implicit the southwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal, disconnected the southbound Andhra Pradesh coast, wrong the adjacent 12 hours. The strategy is expected to determination crossed the southbound Andhra Pradesh seashore during this period.

Extremely dense rainfall has been forecast for SPSR Nellore, Prakasam, Tirupati, Annamayya, Chittoor, and Kadapa districts. Meanwhile, Sri Sathya Sai, Anantapur, Nandyal, Kurnool, and Bapatla districts whitethorn acquisition dense to precise dense rainfall.

Taking enactment of the terrible weather, territory collectors person declared a vacation for each schools and colleges successful South Coastal Andhra Pradesh connected Wednesday. The ruling MLAs person besides expressed their enactment to the public.

In Nellore Rural, MLA Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy instructed Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leaders and activists to stay connected precocious alert and supply contiguous alleviation to residents if necessary. He urged radical to interaction him straight astatine 85579 99999 successful lawsuit of emergencies.

Kovur MLA Vemireddy Prashanthi Reddy advised her constituents to instrumentality each indispensable precautions to safeguard themselves from imaginable flooding, particularly owed to the menace from Somasila pursuing wide rains. She discussed with the Collector the protective measures being taken, highlighting the vulnerability of Penna stream embankments successful respective areas, and called for heightened vigilance among those residing on the riverside.

Prakasam District Collector P. Rajababu conducted extended tours of coastal sportfishing villages successful Singarayakonda, Tanguturu, and Kothapatnam mandals. He reviewed the preparedness of authorities agencies and urged fishermen and villagers to stay vigilant.

Nellore District Collector Himanshu Shukla directed officials to found a 24x7 power room, staffed successful shifts, to coordinate alleviation measures. The officials were instructed to beryllium prepared to supply contiguous assistance upon receiving calls from the public.