The South Central Railway either cancelled, diverted or rescheduled several express and passenger trains leaving thousands of commuters stranded. Some of these services were restored later at night after water began receding.
“A low pressure that has formed over the Bay of Bengal will bring heavy rains across coastal Andhra region whereas Rayalaseema and Telangana will receive moderate rainfall till Monday night,” read a Met office statement.
According to disaster management commissioner Dr T. Radha, 67,819 people have been shifted to 86 relief camps set up in five districts. 16 tanks have been breached and 413.9 km of roads damaged.
While seven died in East Godavari, four each were killed in Khammam and Prakasam. Two people died in Srikakulam and one each in West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur and Anantapur.
CM N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, who was in New Delhi on Sunday, kept in touch with chief secretary Minnie Mathew through the day. He will be briefed in detail when he returns and is likely to visit East and West Godavari districts and Visakhapatnam on Monday.