The toll in the unprecedented torrential downpours and floods in Andhra Pradesh rose to 32 and the number of evacuees in relief camps increased to 45,369, officials said on Wednesday.
NTR district, which houses Vijayawada, the most affected, accounted for 24 deaths; Guntur (seven) and Palnadu (one), said an official release. An inter-ministerial team from the Central government will visit the flood-ravaged districts of Krishna, NTR and Guntur on Thursday and will interact with the victims.
“The Central team will include National Disaster Management Authority adviser KP Singh, Central Water Commission director Siddarth Mitra’, said a release. Meanwhile, a new weather system is developing over the Bay of Bengal sea.