Isolated heavy rain likely in parts of A.P. amid 79% deficit in October

Clouds gather over the Bay of Bengal at Rk beach in Visakhapatnam on Friday as the IMD has forecast cloudy skies, isolated rain or thundershowers over the next few days. | Photo Credit: V. RAJU

Rain or thunderstorms are likely at a few places across Andhra Pradesh and Yanam till October 19, bringing some respite to the State which has received about a fifth of its normal rainfall in October.

Between October 1 and 16, Andhra Pradesh received 18.1 mm of rain against a normal of 86.8 mm, a deficit of 79 per cent, according to the Meteorological Centre, Amaravati, of the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam are 85 per cent short and Rayalaseema 69 per cent. Kurnool district has received no rain.

The Cyclone Warning Centre (CWC) in Visakhapatnam has warned of heavy rainfall at one or two places over the next 24 hours in Parvathipuram-Manyam, Krishna, Bapatla, Guntur, Palnadu, Prakasam, Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore, Chittoor, Tirupati, Annamayya, YSR Kadapa, Sri Sathya Sai and Anantapur districts.