Bhubaneswar: Even as the low-pressure area over the northwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal has weakened considerably, the regional center of India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a yellow warning for heavy to very heavy rain in 13 districts of Odisha on Thursday.
The yellow alert has been issued for Bargarh, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Devgarh, Angul, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Baleswar, Bhadrak, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur and Jajpur districts.
A yellow alert for heavy rain (70 to 110 mm) has been issued for four districts on Friday.
The weather office has further said that several areas of the state will continue to receive moderate to heavy rainfall during the next two days under the influence of the active southwest monsoon. At the same time, the intensity of rainfall activity in Odisha is likely to decrease from September 9 onwards. However, the IMD has predicted the probability of the formation of another low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal between September 11 and 13 bringing in heavy rainfall across Odisha.
This monsoon, Odisha recorded 849.5 mm of rainfall, which is about 13 per cent less than the expected total rainfall of 973.9 mm. So far, 11 districts have recorded moderate rainfall, while 19 districts have recorded deficit rainfall.
