Several villages across the state face the threat of complete inundation thanks to the rains.
Heavy rains continued to play the havoc across Andhra Pradesh on Thursday.
Several villages in Telangana and coastal Andhra were either inundated or cut-off from the rest of the state, due to the rains.
Over 25 villages in Adilabad districts got cut off, while several villages across the state now face the threat of complete inundation.
The administration has shifted hundreds of people living in low-lying areas to safer places.
The rains have also filled several reservoirs across the state. The Jurala Project received 1.90 lakh cusecs of water due to heavy rains in the uptown Narayanpur. Officials say that the inflows could rise to about 2.20 lakh cusecs.
Similarly, inflows into the Srisailam reservoir are about to touch the danger mark. Against the maximum capacity of 885 feet, the reservoir got 881.6 feet of water. Similarly, against the inflow of 20.9 lakh cusecs, about 80,000 lakh cusecs of water is being released from the project.
According to the Met department, Chinnoor in Adilabad district recorded a rainfall of 14 cm, followed by 12 cm in Kaleswaram in Karimnagar, and 10 cm each in Chintapalli of Visakhapatnam and Sirpur of Adilabad.
The department said that moderate to rather heavy rain or thundershowers would occur at many places over coastal Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Light to moderate rain or thundershowers will occur at a few places over Rayalaseema.
The department has also issued a heavy-rainfall warning in the districts of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram,Visakhapatnam, East Godavari and West Godavari of coastal Andhra Pradesh, and in the districts of Adilabad, Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Warangal and Khammam of Telangana, during next 36 hours.
However, Hyderabad and its surrounding areas might get some respite from the rainfall. According to the Met Department, the sky in the twin cities will be generally cloudy. Rain or thundershowers will occur in parts of the city, and the maximum and minimum temperatures will be around 29 and 24 degrees Celsius, respectively. (INN)