Nellore, Nov. 30 -- Nellore district administration has been put on high alert in view of Cyclone Ditwah. Several areas received heavy rainfall on Sunday morning.

Heavy rainfall in the upper catchment areas has led to a strong inflow of floodwater into the Somasila reservoir.

As a result, the Penna River is flowing vigorously with the increased floodwater.

As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the Cyclonic Storm Ditwah is very likely to move nearly northwards parallel to the North Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts during the next 24 hours.

While moving northwards, the cyclonic storm will be centred over the southwest Bay of Bengal within a minimum distance of 70 km and 30 km from the Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coastline by noon and ...