Unsuspecting Srinivasa Rao, a school teacher residing in Venkateswara Nagar, was having dinner along with his wife and children when incessant rain triggered floods in the colonies close to the Potharaju canal, considered the ‘sorrow of Ongole’, in no time on October 4.
The entire family was busy frantically bailing out the rainwater that threatened to damage electrical appliances and other household articles. There was no let-up in their vigil all night as the sky, which opened up, brought copious rain continuously for more than 12 hours.
