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Heavy Rain Floods Vizag Roads, Prompts Rescue Operations
Heavy rain fell across parts of Andhra Pradesh.
Roads in Visakhapatnam became covered with water.
A building cellar in Kommadi flooded after a retaining wall collapsed.
Police, disaster-response workers and firefighters rescued 71 people from the building.
A shed also collapsed while a family was inside, but they suffered only minor injuries.
Trees fell on roads and electricity poles in several areas.
This caused traffic problems and power cuts.
Floodwater from the Errakalava stream also blocked a causeway and affected nearby travel.
Continuous rain since Wednesday night waterlogged roads between Gangavaram and Pedagantyada in Visakhapatnam.
Seventy-one people from 15 families were evacuated from Raykan Towers after its cellar flooded.
A retaining wall collapsed at the apartment, allowing sewage and rainwater into the cellar.
A shed collapsed in Carpenter Colony, while fallen trees caused minor injuries and disrupted traffic and power.
Flooding of the Errakalava causeway disrupted travel between Nidadavole, Madhavaram and Tadepalligudem.
- Who
- Residents, police, National Disaster Response Force personnel and fire services personnel were involved.
- What
- Heavy rain caused waterlogging, building and shed damage, fallen trees, power disruptions and evacuation of 71 people.
- Where
- Visakhapatnam and Kakinada districts, including Kommadi, Carpenter Colony, Aganampudi and the Errakalava causeway.
- When
- Rain began continuously on Wednesday night; the apartment evacuation took place around 1 a.m.
- Why
- Heavy rainfall caused flooding, a retaining-wall collapse, overflowing water and uprooted trees.
Key facts
- Rainfall timing
- Continuous rain had been falling since Wednesday night.
- People evacuated
- 71 people from 15 families were safely evacuated.
- Evacuation location
- Raykan Towers in Housing Board Colony, Kommadi, Madhurawada.
- Traffic disruption
- Waterlogging affected the Gangavaram-Pedagantyada road and the Errakalava causeway.
- Injuries
- Metta Ramu's wife and two children escaped a shed collapse with minor injuries.
- Power disruption
- Fallen trees damaged or obstructed electricity poles in Vepagunta and Krishnanagar.
- Flooded route
- Travel between Nidadavole, Madhavaram and Tadepalligudem was severely affected.
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