Bhubaneswar: Heavy rain may resume in Odisha from August 31, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday.
This forecast has come amid likely formation of a fresh low-pressure area over the north Bay of Bengal around September 3. “Thereafter, the system is likely to move west-northwestwards across the northwest Bay of Bengal, the coastal areas of West Bengal and North Odisha, and intensify into a depression around September 5. Accordingly, the monsoon trough is likely to remain south of its normal position during the entire week of August 29 to September 4,” the national forecaster said in its extended weather outlook.
Another low-pressure area may also form at the end of the week between September 5-11, it added.
According to the weather agency, thunderstorm/lightning accompanied along with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph may occur at one or two places in Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam and Gajapati districts on August 29-30.
On August 31, heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorm/lightning and gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph is likely at one or two places in Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Koraput and Rayagada.
Similar warning has been sounded for districts of Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj and Sundargarh on September 1 and September 3, and Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Sundargarh, Koraput and Malkangiri on September 2.
Thunderstorm/lightning accompanied along with gusty surface wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph may also occur at one or two places in Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Angul, Dhenkanal, Sonepur, Boudh, Nuapada, Balangir, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nabarangpur and Rayagada on these four days.
While there is no warning thereafter, light to moderate rain may continue at many places across the state during the subsequent 4-5 days, it added.
Earlier this week, rains triggered by a well-marked low pressure over the Bay of Bengal threw life out of gear in Koraput and Malkangiri districts. Road communication between Koraput and Rayagada, as well as Koraput and Malkangiri, resumed on Thursday after the downpour since Tuesday morning submerged stretches of National Highway 326 near Koraput Chhak, cutting off road communications between the districts.