As rain continued in many parts of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana under depression over Bay of Bengal, for the third consecutive day on Monday, the people were experiencing one extreme weather condition of the other.
After several weeks of intense heat and unusually high temperature, it was now turn of chilly weather condition. Especially in Hyderabad where people were reeling under the sultry conditions for quite some time, two days of rain have brought down the temperature by ten degrees Celsius and minimum temperature was now around 18 degrees.
Weather office in Hyderabad said that the chilly conditions were likely to continue for another 48 hours and the city was under thick clouds. With people preferring remain indoor most for most parts of the day, roads wore a deserted look in the city.
Hyderabad Meteorological Centre said that that North East monsoon was vigorous over south coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalseema and it will continue to be so till mid November bringing more rains to Telangana and Hyderabad region. Cyclone Nilofar churning over southwest Arabian sea was also contributing to the weather conditions in the state as it was sucking the cold winds from the north.
Meanwhile Krishna, Guntur and Prakasham districts experienced heavy rain for yet another day and several rivulets were in spate and the normal life was thrown out of gear.
Several low-lying areas in Guntur city were flooded. As rivulets were also overflowing at many places and crossed the danger mark, roads connecting different areas of the districts were also cut off. Gandalakamma rivulet was threatening the Ongole-Chirala road.
In Krishna district, Vijayawada, Nandigama and several other places were lashed by heavy rains. Thanks to overflowing rivulets that water level in river Krishna at Prakasham barrage had gone up significantly. 70 gates of the barrage were opened and 100,000 cusecs of water was being discharged in to the sea.