‘Laila’ weakened into a cyclonic storm and caused heavy rains in Krishna, East and West Godavari and Visakhapatnam districts with the death toll at 17. A picture of human misery unfolded in Prakasam district and thousands of families were rendered homeless following inundation of many villages and towns. Other areas in Andhra continued to receive heavy rainfall on Friday.
Foreboding clouds hover over Prakasam Barrage in Vijayawada on Friday. Photo: Raju V.
Fishermen in Mangalore did not venture into sea for the second day on Friday due to rough weather. Photo: R. Eswarraj
Heavy rain lashes at a man's umbrella in Guntur on Friday. T. Vijaya Kumar
Stranded passangers share a meal on a platform of the deserted Vijayawada Railway station after trains were cancelled. Photo: Raju V.
Minister K. Parthasarathi examines what remains of the thatched house on which a campound wall collapsed killing four in Vijayawada. Photo: Raju V.
The arterial road from Chittinagar to Milk Factory under ankle-deep in Vijayawada on Friday. Photo: Raju V.
The swollen Addavagu at Madhiralapadu surging with flood waters in Ongole Town on Friday after Cyclone Laila hit, causing maximum damage in Prakasam District. Photo: Srinivas Kommuri
A vendor sells mangoes braving all odds in Vijayawada on Friday. Photo: Raju V.
A sea side road damaged by strong waves after cyclone 'Laila' at Ongole in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday. Photo; PTI
A crow sits drenched and unharmed on an electrical wire in Vijayawada on Friday. Photo: Raju V.
Farmers in Visakhapatnam showing sprouted paddy damaged due to heavy rains caused by cyclone Laila in East Godavari district on Friday. --- Photo: C.V. Subrahmanyam
A tree is chopped in Guntur to make way for traffic in the aftermath of cyclone Laila on Friday. Photo: T. Vijaya Kumar.