With heavy rain lashing Odisha and Karnataka, Vamsadhara, Nagavali and Krishna rivers were receiving good inflows. Due to rains in Odisha, Vamsadhara and Nagavali in Srikakulam district were receiving heavy inflows. While heavy rains lashed Karnataka, there were heavy inflows into Jurala in Mahbubnagar district.
Meanwhile, rain played havoc with normal life in Adilabad and Karimnagar districts. Coal production was affected in some open cast mines in Karimangar district. The continuous drizzle in Hyderabad city too caused minor problems to citizens.
Due to heavy rain in Odisha, Vamsadhara and Nagavali rivers were receiving heavy inflows over the last two, three days bringing cheer to farmers in Srikakulam district. Gotta barrage on Vamsadhara river received 40,000 cusecs on Friday morning. Officials say that if the rain persists in the catchment area for the next 48 hours, the inflows could increase further.
Meanwhile , the well marked low pressure area formed over Bay of Bengal now lies as a low pressure area over Chhattisgarh and its neighbourhood. Due to its influence, heavy rains lashed Telangana region, of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and Chhattisgarh in the last 24 hours. More rains are forecast with southwest monsoon being vigorous over Telangana in the next 48 hours. While the Cyclone Warning Centre issued a heavy rainfall warning in Telangana districts, Srikakulam district administration has issued the first warning signal due to heavy inflows into both Vamsadhara and Nagavali rivers.
The Met officials said Telangana region is expected to receive more rains in the next 48 hours. The highest rainfall of 12 cm was recorded at Sirpur and Asifabad in Adilabad district, while Nirmal and Utnoor recorded 10 cm rainfall. “There would be moderate to heavy rain or thundershowers at many places over Telangana, while light to moderate rain or thundershowers over Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema in the next 24 hours,” the weatherman said.
