Visakhapatnam: Heavy to extremely heavy falls are likely to occur over north coastal Andhra Pradesh districts on Tuesday. The districts include Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam.District authorities have been instructed to remain at the mandal headquarters and attend to emergency calls during the rainfall.Rsidents along rivers like Vamsadhara and Nagavali in Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts have been instructed not to go near the river banks.The rainfall is attributed to the presence of a low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal associated with an cyclonic circulation. It has been traced close to the south Odisha and north AP on Monday, according to India Meteorological Department.Under the influence of the low pressure, strong surface wind from westerly direction at the speed up to 45-50kmph is likely to blow.Meanwhile, a 70-member team from the disaster management department has been deployed in the Parvathipuram division. Collector M Hari Jawaharlal conducted a special meet at the Vizianagaram collectorate over the issue on Moday.A special control room has been set up at the district headquarters (08922-2369475) to monitor the situation.He said Nagavali river is in spate and there is a danger of flood at Parvathipuram division. Situations are also dangerous in the Komarada and Garugubilli mandals, people are being evacuated from low lying areas, he said.Regarding the flooding of low lying areas in Vizianagaram town, the collector observed that the entire low lying area beyond the Pedda Cheruvu was flooded. Jawaharlal urged municipal authorities to identify low-lying areas n the district and take up evacuation work if necessary.

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