The Meteorological Department said on Wednesday that a well-marked low-pressure area over the southwest Bay of Bengal, near the northern Sri Lanka coast, has moved northwest and is expected to develop into a depression by October 22.

In response, the Met Department issued a red alert for the districts of Prakasam, Nellore, Kadapa, Annamayya, Tirupati, and Chittoor, and an orange alert for Kurnool, Nandyal, Anantapur, and Sri Satyasai districts, PTI reported. Also Read | Weather Live: Cyclone warning for Tamil Nadu; IMD warns ‘extremely heavy rain’

Due to the impact of the low-pressure system, the Met Department warned of extremely heavy rain in isolated parts of Nellore, Prakasam, Tirupati, Annamayya, Chittoor, and Kadapa districts.

Earlier, IMD Bhubaneswar Director Manorama Mohant

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