Bhubaneswar: Several areas of Odisha are likely to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall on Wednesday under the influence of a low-pressure area formed over the Bay of Bengal, said the regional office of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) here today.
The cyclonic circulation is moving towards the west and is expected to impact southern Odisha and southern Chhattisgarh in the next few days. The IMD has issued an orange warning for three Odisha districts – Malkangiri, Koraput, and Nabarangpur – as these places are likely to experience extreme rainfall (7 cm to 20 cm).
In addition, the weather office has issued a yellow warning for heavy rainfall in 13 districts of the state for the next 24 hours. The weather office has predicted that rainfall activity is likely to continue in several parts of Odisha till September 7.
The likely rainfall activity owing to the low pressure is expected to bring some relief to the rainfall-deficient areas in Odisha. Deficit rainfall in the month of August has caused drought-like conditions in a number of areas in Odisha.
The weather forecast issued by the IMD for the next two days is as below:
For Wednesday (Valid up to 0830 hrs IST of 06.09.2023)
Orange Warning (Be Updated): Heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput, and Nabarangpur.
Yellow Warning (Be Updated): Heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Rayagada, Gajapati, Ganjam, Kandhamal, Kalahandi, Bolangir, Nuapada, Balasore, Bhadrak, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda and Sambalpur.
For Thursday (Valid from 0830 hrs IST of 06.09.2023 to 0830 hrs IST of 07.09.2023)
Yellow Warning (Be Updated): Heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at one or two places in the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Rayagada, Kalahandi, Nuapada, Bolangir, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Sonepur, Boudh, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Deogarh, Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj.
