Heavy rains lashed several districts of Andhra Pradesh including Hyderabad on Wednesday under the influence of depression over West Central Bay of Bengal as the Northeast monsoon became active over Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra regions.
Heavy rains, with heavy fall at some places threw life out of gear, submerged roads and standing crops and brought traffic to a grinding halt in Prakasham, Kadapa, Visakhapatanam and East Godavari districts. At least two students went missing after they fell into a flooded rivulet in Prakasham district. Several rivulets were also in spate due to the rains which were likely to continue for another 24 hours. In Prakasham, which was the worst hit by the rains, six gates of Gandalakamma reservoir were opened and 23,000 cusecs of water was discharged. In Kadapa district also rains have caused flooding in many areas. Sagileru reservoir was also full to the capacity forcing the authorities to open the gates.
According to the officials, two school students of Suravaaripalle village were washed away in Raavicheru rivulet when they along with 18 others were crossing the flooded rivulet. They were crossing the rivulet to return home from the school when the incident took place.