Hyderabad, May 6 -- The unseasonal heavy rainfall, accompanied by strong winds and thunderstorms, killed 10 people across Andhra Pradesh besides extensively damaging agriculture in 2,224 hectares and horticulture in 138 acres since Sunday, officials told chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday.

At a review meeting conducted by Naidu on the unseasonal rains that wreaked havoc in different parts of the state, the officials informed him that 10 people died due to rain-related incidents, including four in Tirupati district, two each in Bapatla and Prakasam districts and one each in Eluru and Nellore district.

"Nine of them died when they were struck by lightning, while one person died due to the fall of a tree trunk," the officials sai...