Heatwave Grips Andhra Pradesh; Kopperapadu Records 45.4°C
Visakhapatnam: Andhra Pradesh was reeling under severe heatwave conditions on Saturday, with a maximum temperature of 45.4°C recorded at Kopperapadu in Prakasam district.
Disaster Management Authority director general Prakhar Jain said 239 mandals in 17 districts were exposed to extreme temperatures exceeding 41°C. The impact was most severe in Kadapa district (34 mandals), followed by Nellore (32), Tirupati (29), Palnadu (26), Prakasam (25), Markapuram (21), Nandyal (20), Kurnool (17) and Chittoor (10).
Jain warned that severe heatwave conditions were likely in six mandals of Guntur district (Mekonduru, Pedanandipadu, Phirangipuram, Prathipadu, Thullur and Vatticherukuru) on Sunday. A total of 124 mandals in districts including Vizianagaram, Manyam, Alluri, Polavaram, East Godavari, Eluru, Krishna, NTR, Guntur, Bapatla, Palnadu, Markapuram, Prakasam, Nellore and Tirupati are expected to face heatwave conditions.
Saturday’s maximum temperatures were 45.1°C in Botlagudur (Markapuram), 45°C in Venkatagiri (Tirupati), 44.4°C in Kaligiri (Nellore), 44.3°C in Nuzendla (Palnadu), 44.1°C in Thavanampalle (Chittoor) and Dornipadu (Nandyal), It was 43.9°C in Kalasapadu. (Kadapa), 43.7°C in Karamchedu (Bapatla), 43.2°C in Mantralayam (Kurnool), 42.8°C in Therannapalli (Anantapur) and 42.4°C in Vijayawada East (NTR).
Meanwhile, APSDMA officials said that a surface trough extending from a cyclonic circulation through Rajasthan to Tamil Nadu and Comorin district may bring light rain accompanied by lightning in areas such as Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Manyam, Alluri, Polavaram, Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli, Kakinada, Konaseema, East Godavari, Chittoor and Tirupati.
