The IMD is keeping Andhra Pradesh wet until 21 October. The Hindu, from Vijayawada: isolated heavy rain on the coast and in Rayalaseema. It is not a named cyclone. It is an upper-air cyclonic circulation over north Tamil Nadu and the southern coast. A trough from Lakshadweep toward the Bay of Bengal, across Kerala and Tamil Nadu. That is the mechanics. It is not a statewide red alert.

Orange was for Chittoor, Tirupati and SPSR Nellore, from Saturday afternoon until Sunday at 3 p.m. Heavy to very heavy rain. Today is the 19th. That orange has closed. Yellow stayed on Rayalaseema and central Andhra: Kadapa, Anantapur, Kurnool, Nandyal, Sri Sathya Sai, Annamayya, NTR, Krishna, West Godavari, Guntur, Palnadu, Prakasam, Bapatla, Konaseema. On the 19th, yellow on Chittoor, Nellore, Tirupati, Prakasam. On the 20th, Guntur is added. The north of the state, without these alerts.

The IMD note of 18 October, 1:30 p.m.: the wet spell, with isolated heavy to very heavy rain, holds over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal until the 24th. Over Coastal Andhra, Yanam and Rayalaseema, isolated heavy rain until the 21st. Very heavy, in the same belt, on the 18th. In the 24 hours to 8:30 on the 18th: Chittoor 9 cm, SPSR Nellore 7 cm. Tamil Nadu had extremely heavy rain, 21 cm and above, in Chennai. That is another subdivision. We do not fold it into Andhra as if it were the same map.

The Hindu, Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Kalugurthipadu, Tirupati, 61.31 mm, the day’s highest station. Santhanuthlapadu, Prakasam, 55.87. Seetharamapuram, Nellore, 54.44. Moderate in Kadapa, Markapuram, Nandyal, Konaseema, Anakapalli. Sunday, still The Hindu: Korisapadu, Prakasam, 36 mm by 5 p.m. Orange until noon, the rain stayed moderate. The alert is not the same as the rain that fell.

Thunder, lightning, wind. IMD: on the Andhra coast and Rayalaseema, 40–50 km/h, gusts 60, until the 20th; then 30–40, gusts 50, on the 21st–22nd. The Hindu, on the evening of the 18th: 50 km/h in places. The note’s impact: branches, banana trees, kutcha houses, roads. It is not a death toll. It is not a statewide flood.

Until the 21st, what remains is yellow and isolated heavy rain. After the 21st, in the Andhra subdivisions, the IMD moves to scattered showers, without the same weight. Between them, a temple in Tirupati in the picture, under a 2015 sky, not Saturday’s rain.

Image: Akhil.nna, a temple in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, 18 June 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The photograph is of a place under a district alert, not Saturday’s rain.

Sources consulted: IMD predicts wet spell in Andhra Pradesh till October 21 — The Hindu; Press Release, 18 October 2026 — India Meteorological Department.