The deep depression that brought heavy rain to parts of Andhra Pradesh crossed the coast near Kalingapatnam in Srikakulam district early on Thursday, while continuous rainfall inundated low-lying areas of Vijayawada and prompted schools in the city to close for a second day.
The India Meteorological Department said the weather system made landfall between 11 pm on Wednesday and 1 am on Thursday. In an official release, the IMD said the system moved west-northwestwards at about 3 km per hour during the six hours before crossing the coast close to the southwest of Kalingapatnam.
The system was accompanied by widespread rainfall and maximum sustained winds of up to 75 km per hour. At 5:30 am on Thursday, the depression was centred over north coastal Andhra Pradesh, around 50 km west of Kalingapatnam, 80 km north-northeast of Visakhapatnam and 170 km southwest of Gopalpur in Odisha, according to the weather department.
The IMD said the system was likely to continue moving northwestwards while maintaining the intensity of a deep depression for the next 12 hours. It was then expected to move north-northwestwards and weaken gradually over the following 24 hours.
The immediate urban effects were reported in Vijayawada, where NTR district officials have been dealing with continuous rain since Wednesday morning. Several low-lying areas of the city were inundated, affecting local movement and everyday activity. Schools in the city declared a holiday for the second consecutive day as rainfall continued.
The flooding in Vijayawada highlights the operational pressure that intense, sustained rainfall places on low-lying urban areas. The impact depends not only on the volume of rain but also on how quickly local drainage systems can carry water away, whether roads remain passable and how authorities manage schools and other public facilities during prolonged weather events. The supplied report does not provide details of evacuations, casualties, road closures or municipal pumping operations.
The storm’s movement also places parts of north coastal Andhra Pradesh and neighbouring Odisha under continuing weather-related attention. The IMD’s forecast indicates that the system would weaken gradually after its next phase of movement, but rainfall conditions remained significant at the time of the report. Authorities and residents will need to follow subsequent IMD updates as the system moves inland and its effects change.
