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Heavy rains pound Telangana, Andhra Pradesh for 2nd day killing 10 more persons
Updated On: 01 September, 2024 11:05 PM IST | Hyderabad/Amaravati | mid-day online correspondent
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah have informed Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy that the Union government will fully support them in managing the problem.
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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu with others reviews the rains and flood situation across the state/ PTI
Torrential rains continued to lash Telangana and Andhra Pradesh for the second day in a row, killing at least 10 people and causing severe floods. The unrelenting downpour has resulted in significant waterlogging, hampered road and rail operations, and forced thousands of inhabitants to move to relief camps.
According to a South Central Railway spokesman, 99 trains were cancelled, four partially cancelled, and 54 rerouted due to severe rains and saturated tracks. Rivers in both states have risen, forcing national and state disaster response teams to evacuate thousands from flood-prone locations, the PTI report stated.
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