Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued red and orange warnings of extremely heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in several districts of Odisha for August 1 and 2. According to the weather office, the well-marked low-pressure area over central parts of the north Bay of Bengal has concentrated into a depression. The system is about 160 km southeast of Khepura (Bangladesh) and 400 km east-southeast of Digha (West Bengal).
Meanwhile, the Joint Typhoon Warning Centre issued a cyclone alert in the Bay of Bengal and said that the system is likely to make landfall in southwest Bangladesh in 12 hours. “Tropical cyclone (TC) 04B is forecast to track northwestward along the western side of the steering ridge, with landfall expected within the next 12 hours in the vicinity of Kuakata, Bangladesh, it said.
Earlier, the Indo-Pacific Tropical Cyclone Warning Center said that the environmental conditions are forecast to gradually improve over the next 24 hours before landfall in Bangladesh or West Bengal and a short-lived cyclonic storm is likely.
IMD Weather Forecast And Warning
Day 1 (Valid up to 0830 Hrs IST of 2.08.23): Red Warning: Heavy to very heavy rainfall (7 to 20 cm) at a few places with isolated extremely heavy rainfall is very likely to occur over the districts of Angul, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, and Mayurbhanj.
Orange Warning: Heavy to very heavy rainfall (7 to 20 cm) is very likely to occur at a few places over the districts of Jajpur, Bhadrak, Deogarh, Sambalpur, Sonepur, Boudh, Sundargarh, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Cuttack, Khurdha, Puri and Balasore.
Day 2 (Valid from 0830 Hrs IST of 2.08.23 to 0830 Hrs IST of 3.08.23): Red Warning: Heavy to very heavy rainfall (7 to 20 cm) is very likely to occur at a few places with isolated extremely heavy rainfall over the districts of Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Bolangir, and Sambalpur.
Orange Warning: Heavy to very heavy rainfall (7 to 20 cm) is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Deogarh, Angul, Keonjhar, Sonepur, Boudh, Bolangir, Nuapada, Kalahandi and Kandhamal.
Meanwhile, water logging has disrupted life in several areas of the state, including those in the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. Besides evacuating the residents in the water-logged, the municipal corporations in these two cities are providing food and shelter to those affected. Boats were seen engaged to rescue residents of low-lying areas in Cuttack and adjoining places.
