Bhubaneswar: The well-marked low-pressure area over coastal West Bengal and adjoining areas of north coastal Odisha and northwest Bay of Bengal lies over southeast Jharkhand and adjoining areas of Gangetic West Bengal and north Odisha at 5:30 am on Sunday. It is likely to move further west-northwestwards during the next 12 hours.
In its latest bulletin, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued yellow and orange warnings and predicted very heavy rainfall across Odisha over the next three days. An orange alert has been issued for Sunday.
The weather office said, “Heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely to occur in one or two places over the districts of Bolangir, Bargarh, Sonepur, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Angul, Deogar, Dhenkanal and Mayurbhanj.”
Similarly, the IMD has issued yellow alert for several districts and said, “Heavy rainfall is very likely to occur in one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Jajpur, Nayagarh, Boudh, Kandhamal, Khordha, Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Nuapada and Kendrapara.”
An orange warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall (7 to 20 cm) has been issued for Monday for Bargarh, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Keonjhar, Angul and Sonepur. A yellow alert for heavy rain has been issued for one or two places in Nuapada, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Mayurbhanj, Boudh, Kandhamal, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Bhadrak and Balasore.
“Heavy rainfall (7 to 11cm) is very likely to occur in one or two places over the districts of Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Sambalpur, Mayurbhanj, Deogarh, Bargarh, Bolangir, Sonepur, Angul, Boudh, Nuapada and Keonjhar on Tuesday,” said IMD.
