Unseasonal rains with gale winds continue to play havoc in Andhra Pradesh with lightening claiming six more lives at different places. Hailstorms and heavy rains have caused extensive damage to the standing crop and the mango orchards in Khammam, Nalgonda, Prakasham, Guntur, Nellore and Vishakhapatanam districts on Monday.
Similar destruction was witnessed in several districts over the weekend while five people had died when lightening struck them. In the latest incidents of lightening in Nellore district claimed three lives on Monday.
Four others were injured, one of them seriously. Another person was killed in neighboring Prakasham district and two died in Guntur district. A large number of sheep were also decimated when lightening struck their farm in Ballimarkava mandal of the same district.
Several parts of Guntur including Narsaraopeta were lashed by heavy rain causing extensive damage to the crops. Hyderabad also received heavy rains on Monday bringing down the temperature to pleasant levels. Rains were so heavy, busy roads were inundated creating a massive traffic jams especially in Khairatabad, Punjagutta and Kukatpally areas of the city.