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Flood in India on August 04 2019 01:15 PM (UTC).


A total of 74,068 people was affected by the floods in river Godavari, and 17,632 were shifted to relief camps. The heavy flood battered at least six mandals in East and West Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh. The second warning signal issued at Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage at Dowaleswaram continued as 13.58 lakh cusecs of floodwaters flowed in. About 7,500 cusecs of this were being let out into the delta canals and the rest into the Bay of Bengal.

No casualties have been reported in the flood-hit areas as teams of National Disaster Response Force and State Disaster Response Force reached out to the affected areas with essential supplies and food. Power supply remained cut off while the road communication network was also badly damaged in the two districts, according to the State Disaster Management Authority.

As per the preliminary estimate, damages to roads and other infrastructure were to the tune of Rs 6.45 crore. In all, people in 280 villages in West and East Godavari districts were facing the brunt of the flood fury, according to the authority...

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