With the rise in flood continuing in the Godavari from Medigadda, where the Pranahitha joins the river, the authorities issued the first flood warning at Bhadrachalam as the level in the river crossed 43 feet there with heavy flood of over 7.3 lakh cusecs being discharged at Medigadda and with flow from Indravathi taking it beyond 9 lakh cusecs.
Flood to projects in the Krishna basin too continues to be on rise with heavy to very heavy rains occurring in the upstream catchment areas in Maharashtra and Karnataka. However, the flood to projects in the upstream of Yellampally in the Godavari basin is on the decline as on Tuesday night.
According to an IMD report, there was very heavy rainfall in Mahabaleshwar (19.7 cm), Koyna (17.5 cm), Warana (13 cm) and heavy rainfall in Shimoga (5.6 cm) and the precipitation is forecast further increase the flood to Almatti, Tungabhadra and Narayanpur dams in Karnataka, which were discharging 1.25 lakh cusecs, 1.59 lakh cusecs and 1.43 lakh cusecs, respectively.
