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Respite in floods; low pressure weakens

Special Correspondent

Floods leave a trail of destruction in Kurnool where vast areas of crops get inundated

HYDERABAD: Rain battered the State for the fifth day on Thursday under the influence of a low pressure area but there was some respite in the floods as the level of water in the rivers began to fall.

The low pressure area weakened and started moving towards Orissa bringing in its wake widespread rain in North Coastal Andhra. Kakinada and Koida recorded 9 cm and 8 cm of rain, respectively, even as the toll rose to 48. The floods left a trail of destruction in Kurnool district where vast areas of sunflower, onion and cotton crops were inundated along with low-lying villages by the Tungabhadra, Handri and Kundu and several streams.

Many areas remained waterlogged although the level of water in the rivers fell. Anantapur, Kadapa, Karimnagar, Warangal, Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda, East and West Godavari faced a similar fate. Road links to several villages and towns could not be restored as a large number of tanks breached. In Guntur district, Kondaveeti Vagu, a tributary of Krishna, submerged several habitations in Mangalagiri area.

Positive fallout

A positive fallout of the heavy rain was marked improvement in the storage of Sriramsagar project.

An estimate by the Collectors showed that 33,403 families in 56 villages spread over 30 mandals in 10 districts had been affected.

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