1 person dies in rain-soaked state

Heavy rains battered parts of the state and officials started evacuating people from a few low lying areas on Sunday as sources said that the state has received 25 per cent more rainfall this year than the previous season.

One person was washed away in an overflowing rivulet in Warangal due to the rains.

Hyderabad also received continuous rainfall as flight schedules went for a toss at the Shamshabad Airport and many domestic and international flights were delayed.

Met officials have warned of isolated heavy rain over coastal Andhra Pradesh and Telangana over the next 48 hours due to a depression over the Orissa coast of Bay of Bengal. The Vams-adhara and Nagavali Rivers were in spate and officials started evacuating people from low lying areas of Srikakulam district.

The Prakasam barrage has been getting heavy inflows and officials have lifted 64 gates as a precautionary measure. About 45,000 cusecs of flood waters have been released from the barrage.

Officials also lifted 22 gates of the Gotta barrage on Vamsadhara and released 40,000 cusecs.