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Heavy rain, thunderstorms and beardown winds deed Visakhapatnam successful the aboriginal hours of Thursday (May 28, 2026), bringing little alleviation from the summertime vigor of the past fewer days.
The rain, which fell connected and disconnected done the nighttime and into the morning, was followed by chill breezes that kept the upwind pleasant for a fewer hours. Several parts of the halfway city, including MVP Colony, Seethammadhara, Siripuram, Akkayyapalem, Jagadamba Junction, Gopalapatnam and Gajuwaka, received bully rainfall.
The gusty winds brought down trees and branches connected roads successful a fewer places, including Siripuram successful KRM Colony. The horticulture helping of the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) cleared the fallen trees and debris aboriginal successful the greeting to reconstruct traffic.
A ample histrion subdivision lies crossed the main roadworthy astatine Siripuram successful Visakhapatnam aft dense rainfall and gale aboriginal connected Thursday. | Photo Credit: K.R. Deepak
The alleviation was short-lived. Sunny upwind returned aboriginal successful the day, and vigor and humidity continued to occupation residents. At 1 p.m., Pendurthi mandal recorded the city’s highest speechmaking astatine 37.07 degrees Celsius, followed by Padmanabham astatine 36.43 and Gopalapatnam astatine 36.2, according to the Andhra Pradesh Directorate of Economics and Statistics. Most different parts of Visakhapatnam stayed betwixt 34 and 35 degrees.
Visakhapatnam recorded 72% humidity successful the afternoon, the highest among the large cities successful the State, with a southeasterly upwind of 14.8 kmph, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Among different cities, Tirupati was the hottest astatine 39 degrees Celsius and Anantapur the coolest astatine 33 degrees, portion Amaravati-Gannavaram touched 41 degrees, arsenic of 1 p.m., IMD information says.
