Two electrocuted, Visakhapatnam waterlogged as deep depression crosses Andhra coast after two days of rain
Heavy rainfall caused by a deep depression in the Bay of Bengal has led to severe waterlogging and two deaths in Visakhapatnam, India. The storm resulted in widespread infrastructure damage, including fallen trees and collapsed boundary walls, prompting emergency responses from local municipal authorities.
Why it matters
Extreme weather events highlight the vulnerability of urban infrastructure in coastal regions to climate-driven rainfall patterns.
Two days of rain in north Andhra left Visakhapatnam’s roads waterlogged and 48 trees down on Thursday (September 24, 2026), killed two women in Anakapalli district and swelled the Vamsadhara and the Nagavali in Srikakulam. The deep depression over the Bay of Bengal crossed the coast near Kalingapatnam between 11 p.m. on Wednesday and 1 a.m. on Thursday, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
In the 24 hours to 8.30 a.m. on Wednesday, every one of the district’s 104 automatic weather stations recorded rain, and 65 of them crossed 64.5 mm, the IMD’s mark for heavy rain, according to real-time data from the Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Andhra Pradesh (DESAP). The Police Training Centre in Visakhapatnam Rural mandal recorded the most, 92 mm.
24 hours to 8.30 a.m. on Wednesday, automatic weather stations by mandal.
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