Visakhapatnam: The deep depression in the west-central Bay of Bengal, which left a trail of destruction leaving three dead, crossed the Andhra Pradesh coast near Kakinada between 6.30 and 7.30 on Tuesday, according to the Cyclone Warning Center, Visakhapatnam. .
A car carrying three passengers was dragged between Tuni in East Godavari district and Narsipatnam in Visakhapatnam. The car was stranded as the water flowed over the road. While the couple could be saved by people, an elderly woman who was traveling with them drowned. On Monday, rocks crashed into a house in Visakhapatnam, killing a pregnant woman and her three-year-old son.
High-speed winds, which accompanied the rain, broke the anchors of the Bangladeshi merchant ship Maa waiting to be docked at Visakhapatnam port. The boat headed north and ran aground near Tenneti Park on the beach road.
During the last 24 hours ending at 8.30 on Tuesday, Yanam recorded the highest rainfall at 25 cm, followed by Amalapuram 18 cm, Tadepallegudem and Nuzvid 18 cm each and Visakhapatnam 8 cm.
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