Even as the farmers of the two Telugu States are still reeling under the debilitating impact of unseasonal rain destroying about 100,000 hectares of crop, the weather office has warned of more rain over the coming 48 hours.
Hyderabad Meteorological Center said that rain and thunder shower are likely to occur at some places in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana as an upper trough was formed from Bihar and Jharkhand to coastal Andhra Pradesh.
Another trough formed from Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka to Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu will also result in rain. Especially the trough over north coastal Andhra region is likely to have more effect, the weather office said. Heavy rain since Friday evening has thrown normal life out of gear in Rajahmundry city of East Godavari district. Many areas of the city were under the sheet of water and water clogging at major city junctions caused massive traffic jams in the city. Water also entered the houses in low lying areas.
Heavy rain and hail storm for a week has left a trail of death and destruction in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh as standing crops of paddy, maize, pulses, mangoes and vegetables were destroyed leaving thousands of farmers shattered.