With heavy rains in the catchment areas, the water level in the Godavari and Sabari rivers is rising every hour, according to officials.
Rescue teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) 10th Battalion and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) have been deployed in the flood-affected villages in East and West Godavari, Eluru and Konaseema districts.
Communication links have snapped in some tribal habitations in the Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) district. A few habitations have been cut off from the mainstream as rivulets are in spate.