New Delhi: A depression in the Bay of Bengal caused flooding in parts of Andhra Pradesh on Thursday, especially in the Chittoor and Kadapa districts, even as the Met Department predicted more rainfall on Friday.Videos posted on social media show alarming visuals of houses and animals being swept away and vehicles marooned in floodwater. The floods caused serious property damage in many areas. While no official death toll has been reported so far, media reports cited several incidents of people being washed away.A two-storey house in Vasundhara nagar in Tiruchanoor completely collapsing into gushing rivulet in #Chittoor district. @xpressandhra @Kalyan_TNIE @NewIndianXpress #Rain pic.twitter.com/IAyDPuJaeW— D Surendra Kumar (@Surendra_TNIE) November 19, 2021Tirumala, where the famous Lord Venkateswara temple is located, was hit by a flood of unprecedented scale on Thursday, leaving hundreds of pilgrims stranded. The heavy downpour, under the influence of a depression in the Bay of Bengal, battered the temple-town of Tirupati and many parts of Chittoor district in Andhra Pradesh.The four maada streets adjoining the main temple on Tirumala Hills remained flooded, as was the Vaikuntham queue complex (cellar).The Japali Anjaneya Swamy temple in Tirumala was inundated and the idol was submerged.The two ghat roads leading to the Tirumala Hills were closed for traffic following the flood and landslides, official sources said.The pedestrian stairway leading to the temple from Alipiri was also closed down, they said.The Tirupati International Airport at Renigunta also remained inundated, forcing the authorities to stop landing of incoming aircraft.A landslide damaged three rooms at the Narayanagiri guest house complex but no deaths occurred as the rooms were unoccupied, official sources told news agency PTI. Pilgrims staying in other rooms in Narayanagiri and the nearby SV guest house were shifted to other accommodation.A bridge on the Renigunta-Kadapa highway remained in a precarious position at Anjaneyapuram. A truck was stranded on the bridge, causing a traffic jam on either side.Chief minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy spoke to Chittoor district Collector M. Hari Narayanan and reviewed the situcation. Jagan asked the ollector to closely monitor the water levels and take required steps accordingly, a CMO release said.Relief camps should be opened wherever necessary and people from vulnerable areas shifted on need.In the Kadapa district too, heavy rains wreaked havoc, triggering flash floods. According to the Times of India, a portion of the Pincha project was washed away in the flood waters, leading to high inflows in the Annamayya project on the Cheyyur river. Consequently, the gates of the Annamayya project were lifted and 1.5 lakh cuses of water was released.Several villages including Gundluru, Seshamambapuram, Mandapalli were submerged in the Cheyyur floodwater. Media reports said that 30 people from three villages may have been washed away. However, the police have recovered three bodies so far, the Times of India.Nine people were washed away in Chennakothapalli mandal of Ananthapur district, according to the newspaper.More rain predictedThe depression over the Bay of Bengal crossed the coast between Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh early on Friday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said and forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall in parts of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.Following heavy rains in Andhra Pradesh and resultant high flow of water between Tada and Sullurpetta, the Southern Railway announced cancellation – both full and partial – of various trains, besides diverting some others .“The Depression over southwest Bay of Bengal off north Tamil Nadu coast moved west-northwestwards and crossed north Tamil Nadu & adjoining south Andhra Pradesh coasts between Puducherry & Chennai …. during 0300-0400 hrs IST (3-4 am) of today, the 19th November, 2021,” an IMD bulletin said.It lay centred at 5:30 am as of Friday over north coastal Tamil Nadu and neighbourhood and about 60 km south-southwest of Chennai and 60 km north-northeast of Puducherry.“It is very likely to continue to move west-northwestwards and weaken gradually into a Well Marked Low Pressure Area during next 12 hours,” it said.Under its influence, thunderstorm with light to moderate rain is likely to occur at many places over Tamil Nadu and Puducherry during the next 24 hours. Heavy rain is likely at isolated places over Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Vellore, Tirupattur, Erode and Salem districts of Tamil Nadu during the same period, the regional weather office said.It added squally wind speed reaching 45-55 kmph gusting to 65 kmph was likely to prevail over southwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal and along and off Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and adjoining south Andhra Pradesh coasts during next six hours and decrease gradually thereafter.The IMD forecast light to moderate rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places as very likely over south coastal Andhra Pradesh, Rayalaseema and south interior Karnataka and heavy rainfall at isolated places over Telangana, coastal and north interior Karnataka for Friday.Meanwhile, the Southern Railway announced cancelling many services, following “heavy rain and consequent water level flowing at danger level at Bridge No.167 between Tada and Sulurupetta Stations (in AP).”Services to and from Tirupati, which was caught in a massive flood on Thursday, from here are among the cancelled ones while the Railways also announced diversion of trains including the Hazrat Niazmuddin-bound Rajdhani Express.Meanwhile, schools remained closed in many districts in Tamil Nadu, including Chennai and its nearby ones, and those in the neighbouring Puducherry union territory on Friday.