Cyclone Nivar: Odisha On Alert As IMD Predicts Rain Till Nov 28

Bhubaneswar: With Cyclone Nivar likely to make landfall in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday midnight, the Office of Special Relief Commissioner has asked the Odisha collectors to remain alert to meet any eventuality.

In its mid-day bulletin, the Bhubaneswar Meteorological Department had said that the cyclonic storm over southwest Bay of Bengal had intensified into a severe cyclonic and cross Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts between Karaikal and Mamallapuram as a very severe cyclonic storm with a wind speed of 120-130 kmph gusting to 145 kmph, on November 25 midnight or early hours of November 26.

Here’s Rain Forecast For Odisha

Till 8.30 AM on November 26

Light to moderate rain or thundershower is very likely to occur at a one or two places in South Coastal Odisha, Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Nabarangpur, Kalahandi and Kandhamal.

Till 8.30 AM on November 27

Light to moderate rain or thundershower is very likely to occur at many places in Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati and at a few places in Kandhamal, Ganjam, Nawarangpur and Kalahandi.

Till 8.30 AM on November 28

Light to moderate rain or thundershower is very likely to occur at one or two places in Interior Odisha and Gajapati.