Low pressure brings heavy rain to North Andhra
Deccan ChronicleVisakhapatnam: Heavy rains battered many parts of north coastal Andhra Pradesh districts of Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Parvathipuram Manyam, Srikakulam and East Godavari on Thursday and Friday under the influence of low-pressure area. Bheemili under Vizag city limits recorded very heavy rain of 21 cm, followed by Yanam, Pusapatirega of Vizianagaram district, Saluru of Parvathipuram Manyam district, Denkada in Vizianagaram district, Koyyalagudem of West Godavari district, Mentada of Vizianagaram district, Peddapuram and Amalapuram of East Godavari district, Gajapathinagaram and Komarada of Vizianagaram district and Kalingapatnam of Srikakulam district on Friday. Director of IMD-Amaravati, Stella S. said the low pressure area over West-Central Bay of Bengal now lay over West-Central and adjoining North-West Bay of Bengal off north Andhra Pradesh-south Odisha coasts with the associated cyclonic circulation extending upto mid-tropospheric levels. Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely at isolated places over Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam districts of north coastal Andhra Pradesh, heavy rainfall likely at isolated places in East Godavari and Yanam and West Godavari and Krishna district on Saturday, Stella added.