A.P. officers advised to be alert as crimson alerts to proceed until October 23 morning

A day after heavy rain pounded many components of Rayalaseema and South Coastal Andhra Pradesh, the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Amaravati, mentioned that the crimson alert for SPSR Nellore, Prakasam, YSR Kadapa, Annamayya and Tirupati district could be in place until 8.30 a.m. on Thursday.

Orange alerts issued for Chittoor, Nandyal, Anantapur, Sri Sathya Sai and Bapatla districts can be legitimate until Thursday morning, it mentioned.

According to the IMD bulletin issued at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the low-pressure space over the Bay of Bengal is prone to transfer throughout north Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and south Andhra Pradesh coasts within the subsequent 24 hours.

Under its affect, the districts for which crimson and orange alerts have been issued are prone to witness very heavy rain within the intervening evening of Wednesday and Thursday. Heavy to very heavy rainfall is prone to proceed in SPSR Nellore and Tirupati on Thursday, whereas different locations in Rayalaseema could obtain reasonable to heavy rainfall.

In view of the forecast, Minister of Home and Disaster Management V. Anitha held a video convention with the Collectors of weak districts on Wednesday and instructed them to maintain manpower accessible at subject degree to deal with any emergency scenario.

Teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) have been stationed in SPSR Nellore, Prakasam, YSR Kadapa and Tirupati districts. She instructed the officers to shift the individuals dwelling in dilapidated buildings to security. Round-the-clock management rooms ought to be operated, she mentioned.

On Wednesday, many locations obtained no more than 90 mm until 7 p.m. According to realtime rainfall info accessible with the Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Marripadu in Nellore district obtained the best of 89.5 mm.

According to IMD, between 8.30 a.m. on Tuesday and eight.30 a.m. on Wednesday, Srikalahasti in Tirupati district obtained the day’s highest of 190 mm.

Other locations that recorded excessive rainfall have been: Kodur in YSR Kadapa district (180 mm), Thottambedu in Tirupati district (180 mm), Atmakur in SPSR Nellore district (150 mm), Sullurpeta in Tirupati district (140 mm), Venkatagiri in Tirupati district (130 mm), Kandakur of SPSR Nellore district and Gudur and Tirupati (all recorded 110 mm). Many different locations in Rayalaseema and South Coastal A.P. obtained under 100 mm rainfall in the course of the 24 hour interval ending 8.30 a.m. on Wednesday.

More rain until Oct. 28

Meanwhile, the IMD mentioned that there could be ‘enhanced rainfall exercise’ within the coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh from October 22 to twenty-eight.

From October 24 to twenty-eight, there’s a rainfall forecast for the complete State. Strong wind, thunderstorms and lightning are additionally prone to happen within the State for the subsequent 5 days. However, no orange or crimson warnings have been issued but.