Bhubaneswar: Another cyclonic circulation is likely around August 25, while the intensity of rain will increase in Odisha after August 23, tweeted India Meteorological Department (IMD) scientist Umashankar Das here on Friday.
Earlier in the day, the IMD said that the low-pressure area formed on Thursday is active over the northwest Bay of Bengal adjoining Odisha and West Bengal coasts on Friday. The system is likely to move in the west-northwest direction for the next 2 to 3 days towards North Odisha-North Chhattisgarh.
The weather office has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall (7 to 20 cm) at one or two places in Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Bolangir, and Nuapada districts today.
Moreover, heavy rainfall (7 to 11 cm) is very likely to occur at one or two places in Gajapati, Ganjam, Rayagada, Khordha, Puri, Nayagarh, Boudh, Sonepur, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda and Sundargarh districts.
Meanwhile, in the past 24 hours, several places in Odisha including Telkoi (18 cm), Gudvela (14 cm), and Pipili (12 cm) received heavy to very heavy rainfall, the IMD said.
