El Niño drought then floods hit North Andhra farmers

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North Andhra farmers suffered from El Niño-related drought followed by unexpected floods, which inundated standing crops and severely impacted agriculture reliant on borewell irrigation. This sequence of extreme weather events has created significant challenges for the farming community.

The farmers who depended on borewells for agricultural activity have now borne the brunt of the inundation of standing crops due to unexpected floods