System in Bay to bring more rains to AP

Hyderabad, Aug 24 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh will receive widespread rains in the next 48 hours as this morning's cyclonic circulation over West-Central Bay of Bengal off the state coast extending upto the mid-tropospheric level persisted.

Southwest monsoon has been vigorous over Rayalaseema and active over Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in the last 24 hours.

Rain or thundershowers are likely at many places over Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema in the next 48 hours, according to the Indian Meterological Department.

Heavy rains lashed different parts of the state, including the state capital, flooding roads and causing traffic jam for hours together.

Manthani (Karimnagar district) and Bhimadole (West Godavari district) recorded heavy rainfall of nine and eight cm respectively.

The other chief amounts of rainfall recorded in cm are , Allagadda (Kurnool dist), Darsi (Prakasam dist) 6 each, Achampet (Mahabubnagar dist), Atchampet (Guntur dist), Srisailam (Kurnool dist) 5 each, Nandyal, Tirupathi AP, Koilkuntla (Kurnool dist), Podili (Prakasam dist) 4 each. Guntur, Kavali, Atmakur and Vinjamur (both Nellore dist), Chintalapudi (West Godavari dist), Jammalamadugu (Cuddapah dist), Kuppam (Chittoor dist), Nagarkurnool (Mahabubnagar dist), Veeraghattam (Srikakulam dist), Yerragondapalem (Prakasam dist) 3 each. Adilabad, Khammam, Machilipatnam, Nellore, Rentachintala, Tuni, Atmakur (Kurnool dist), Huzurabad (Karimnagar dist), Kandukur (Prakasam dist), Madhira (Khammam dist), Tadepalligudem (West Godavari dist), Venkatagiri Kota (Chittoor dist) 2 each.

Also recorded were Bapatla, Kurnool, Nandigama, Alampur, Kalwakurthy, Kollapur &Wanaparthy (all Mahabubnagar dist), Cumbum (Prakasam dist), Dhone and Owk (both Kurnool dist), Eluru (West Godavari dist), Eturnagaram (Warangal dist), Karimnagar (Karimnagar dist), Macherla and Sattenapalli (both Guntur dist), Mancherial (Adilabad dist), Nagarjunasagar Dam (Nalgonda dist), Pakala&Punganur (both Chittoor dist), Patapatnam (Srikakulam dist), Porumamilla (Cuddapah dist), Prakasam Barrage (Krishna dist), Sullurpet and Udayagiri (both Nellore dist) one each.

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