Flood effect

Traffic going towards Hyderabad was diverted at Ibrahimpatnam. Officials said there was no hope of traffic being allowed in the next 24 hours, as Munneru was unlikely to recede by then. Residents of several nearby villages too were affected by the swollen Munneru, and they had to depend on boats to reach their homes. Traffic was disrupted at Hanuman Junction too because of overflowing of Budameru.
Water released

West Krishna region suffered the most, as several tanks and streams overflowed and inundated the nearby villages.

Large tracts of paddy fields and other commercial crops were inundated by the flood waters.

Irrigation officials said that the surplus flood waters being discharged at Prakasam Barrage had gone up from 2.5 lakh cusecs to 3 lakh cusecs by Sunday evening, and it was likely to reach 4 lakh cusecs by Monday morning.

Though Budameru was receding, there was no sign of any relief in the flood in other streams.

Andhra Floods

VIJAYAWADA: Floods continued to batter Krishna district on Sunday, with deaths either directly due to floods or because of the prevailing cold conditions being reported from several parts of the district.

The unofficial cumulative death toll was put at 14, while officials confirmed that only two persons – a woman due to collapse of a wall and a teenage boy due to electrocution – died in the city on Sunday. Two more youths were feared drowned in the overflowing Budameru that submerged several localities in its vicinity, thoughofficials declined to confirm it.
Some relief

Though there was some relief from the incessant rainfall during the day – with the district receiving an average of only 4.7 mm of rainfall from 8.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. – streams like Munneru, Musi and Palair were on spate on account of large inflows from the upper reaches in Warangal, Nalgonda and Khammam districts.

Traffic between Vijayawada and Hyderabad came to a grinding halt at Keesara, when Munneru started overflowing National Highway-9 since the early hours of Sunday.