Vehicles wade through a waterlogged Nirmala Convent Road in Vijayawada on Thursday.
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Heavy rain, accompanied by thunderstorms and gusty winds, lashed Vijayawada all through the night on Wednesday (June 10, 2026) leaving the major roads water-logged.According to the Directorate of Economics and Statistics (DES), Gunadala area received 102 mm of rain, followed by Nunna (90.25 mm), Vijayawada East (88.25 mm), K.L. Rao Park area (69.25 mm) between 8.30 a.m. on Wednesday and the corresponding time period on Thursday.According to some accounts, most of it was recorded between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m.Low-lying areas in the city, and NTR Circle, Pandit Nehru Bus Station, Collectorate premises, mango market route were under a sheet of water by Thursday morning. Municipal authorities sprang into action. They said that 75% of the water-logging had been cleared by 11 a.m.
Thunderstorms and gale left a banana plantation damaged, at Tadigadapa in Vijayawada.
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