Bhubaneswar: With cyclonic storm Fengal forming over southwest Bay of Bengal, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday issued yellow warning for 10 districts of Odisha.
A few spells of very light to light rain may occur at a few places in Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Puri, Khurda, Keonjhar, Koraput, Malkangiri, Ganham, Nayagarh and Kandhamal district from evening till early night.
People are advised to keep a watch on the weather.
The Deep Depression over southwest Bay of Bengal intensified into a cyclonic storm at 2.30 pm. “It is likely to move west-northwestwards and cross north Tamil Nadu-Puducherry coasts between Karaikal and Mahabalipuram close to Puducherry as a cyclonic storm with a wind speed of 70-80 kmph gusting to 90 kmph during November afternoon,” according to the MeT office.
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While the system is unlikely to have any direct impact on Odisha, it may trigger rains in several parts of the state due to moisture incursion.
In its midday bulletin, the IMD had forecast light to moderate rain at a few places in coastal Odisha & at one or two places in Malkangiri, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Angul, Dhenkanal, Kandhamal, Boudh, Rayagada and Koraput districts on November 29, Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, coastal Odisha, Mayurbhanj and Keonjhar on November 30 and December 1, and Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Rayagada, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Bhadrak, Balasore and Mayurbhanj on December 2.
There will be no large change in the night temperature across the state during the next 4-5 days, it added.