Bhubaneswar: A low-pressure area is likely to form over the central Bay of Bengal on October 9, triggering a fresh spell of rains along coastal Odisha in subsequent days.
According to Dr Sarat Chandra Sahu, former director of Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar and director of Centre for Environment and Climate at the SOA (Deemed to be University), the low pressure is likely to move closer to the Odisha coast on October 11 and move from the south to north intensifying into a depression or deep depression and cross the north Odisha coast on October 12.
Under its influence, there will be light to moderate rainfall along the coast from October 9 after which moderate to heavy rainfall may occur in the districts of Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Jajpur, Khurda, Cuttack, Bhadrak, Balasore and Mayurbhanj between October 11 and 13, Sahu added.
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