Incessant rains in the Godavari basin over the past three days led to sharp rise in water level in the Godavari at Bhadrachalam, prompting the authorities to issue the first flood warning for the temple town and other flood prone areas in the tribal majority Bhadradri Kothagudem district on Monday afternoon.
The rain swollen river crossed the first flood warning level of 43 feet at 3.15 p.m. on Monday and inched closer towards the second flood warning level of 48 feet late in the evening, sources said.
After witnessing successive floods in different spells earlier this monsoon season, the Bhadrachalam Agency is once again staring at a flood-like situation with the Godavari and its tributaries are in spate.
