In Andhra Pradesh, relief operations are underway on war footing even as torrential rain continued to lash several parts of the state for the past five days. Normal life remained paralyzed as about 4 lakh people in 16 districts are affected due to heavy rains. Over three thousand villages are marooned. Thousands of colonies are water logged. Over four hundred irrigation tanks were breached obstructing rail and road transport especially in Srikakulam and Nalgonda districts.

Over thousand kilometers of roads including high ways were washed away cutting off several villages from the rest of the world. Normal life has been thrown out of gear especially in Srikakulam, Prakasam, Guntur , Nellore in Coastal region and Mahaboobnagar and Nalgonda Districts in Telangana region. Meanwhile, all the major rivers and rivulets are in spate while 3.6 lakh cusecs of water is being released down stream from Prakasam barrage in Vijayawada and Dhawaleswaram barrage at Rajahmundry Many places in Nalgonda, Mahaboobnagar, Prakasam, West Godavary and Visakhapatnam recorded rainfall measuring up to 26 centimeters. State authorities said a total 20 people have died due to rain related incidents while about six thousand houses were damaged. Farmers suffered huge losses as crops like paddy, maize, cotton and soybean in about 6 lakh 50 thousand hectare were inundated.

Many places in Nalgonda, Mahaboobnagar, Prakasam, West Godavary and Visakhapatnam recorded rainfall measuring up to 26 centimeters. State authorities said a total 31 people have died due to rain related incidents while about six thousand houses were damaged.Farmers suffered huge losses as crops like paddy, maize, cotton and soybean in about 6 lakh 50 thousand hectare were inundated.