Murasu cyclone rains have flooded several districts across Andhra Pradesh after three straight days of downpours, cutting off roads, swallowing crops and forcing families onto their rooftops.

In Guntur and Palnadu, rivers and streams are running far above their banks. The Nallamada vagu has become a raging torrent near Pedanandipadu, and breaches have opened in both the Nallamada and Nakka vagus. The floodwater has surrounded Pedanandipadu, Nagulapadu, and the villages of Kommuru and Garlapadu in Kakumanu mandal. Roads across the area are waterlogged, and traffic has slowed to a crawl.

Breached vagus swamp Guntur and Palnadu

The breaches did not come with warning. Water poured through the broken embankments and spread across fields that were ready for harvest. Thousands of acres are now under water. Farmers who spent a season tending their crops are watching them rot in the flood, and they are wailing over the losses.

Nothing about the damage is limited to farmland. Cars, bikes and livestock were swept away in the current in some areas. Those who stayed in their homes watched water rise through their doors and now wait on rooftops, afraid to come down.

Godavari delta under siege

The two Godavari districts are bearing the brunt of the storm. In Koyyalagudem mandal, a tank at Dippakayalapadu gave way, and the flood surged onto the road. Bhimavaram town is submerged in parts. In Gopalapuram, the Papammacheruvu tank overflowed and water rushed through the streets with force that carried vehicles away.

Movement across the region has nearly stopped. The road between Nallajarla and Tadepalligudem is waterlogged, and daily life in both towns has been thrown into disarray. Near Vippalapadu in Buttayagudem mandal, floodwater is pouring over the highway. The current was strong enough to wash away the centering of a highway bridge, leaving a structure that cannot be used until it is repaired.

Krishna and NTR districts cut off

The Krishna region has taken repeated hits from one storm after another. Residents were still recovering from the Arnab cyclone when Murasu arrived and deepened the damage. In NTR district, the Kattaleru vagu between Vinagadapa and Totamula has flooded, and 20 villages have lost road access. Thousands of acres of crops have been flattened, and the harvest that farmers were counting on is now lying on the ground.

For people in those villages, the cutoff is more than an inconvenience. Getting food, medicine and help in or out depends on roads that are now underwater.

Chief Minister takes to the air

Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu conducted an aerial survey of the cyclone-hit areas, flying over Chilakaluripet, Ongole, Kothapatnam, Chinaganjam, Chirala and Bapatla to assess the damage on the ground. He then reviewed the cyclone situation at the RTGS control room and questioned officials on relief operations in the affected areas.

The directions he gave were specific. Officials were told to clear inundated areas as quickly as possible, speed up relief work, and make sure that movement on roads is not disrupted. The instructions point to a state trying to get ahead of a crisis that is still unfolding, rather than one that has already passed.

Telangana on alert

The threat does not stop at the state border. Heavy rain is also falling in Telangana, and officials have warned that it could bring more floodwater. The Chief Minister urged residents and officials to remain alert, a warning that carries weight for communities that have already been hit hard by the storm.

The cyclone has also come at a time when many rivers and tanks are already full. Each new spell of rain pushes water into areas that have not yet drained from the last round, leaving little room for the land to recover between storms.

For farmers, the timing could not be worse. The crops that were supposed to carry families through the season have been battered in the fields, and the damage is spread across several districts at once. Relief teams will have to reach villages cut off by water, drain flooded roads and assess losses that run into thousands of acres. Every hour of delay leaves more families stranded and more crops lost.

The pattern across the state is hard to ignore. Rain, breached embankments, flooded highways and cut-off villages are appearing in one district after another, and the storms keep coming before the last one has finished. The situation in several parts of the state remains dangerous, and residents are being urged to stay alert as water levels continue to rise.

In total, successive cyclones are dealing a blow to Andhra Pradesh from which it cannot recover.

That line, written in the report, sums up the mood across the flood-hit districts. People who lost homes, crops and roads to one storm are now bracing for the next, with little time to recover between them.