This is likely to move west-northwestwards and become more marked by Saturday.

xVisakhapatnam: While rains continued to lash many parts of the state, IMD has said a fresh low-pressure area is likely to form over the southeast and adjoining east-central Bay of Bengal on Friday.

This is likely to move west-northwestwards and become more marked by Saturday. The system would trigger heavy to very heavy rainfall over coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema from October 26.

IMD said in a release on Thursday evening, “During the past 24 hours ending at 8:30 am on Thursday, Yanam in Puducherry recorded the heaviest rainfall of 11 cm, followed by 9 cm rainfall each in Masulipatnam (Krishna), Seetharamapuram (Nellore) and Racherla (Prakasam); 8 cm in Podili (Prakasam); and 7 cm each in Raipur (Ne

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