Heavy Rain Alert For Odisha Till July 31, Blame It On Low Pressure Area Over Sea

Bhubaneswar: The formation of a low-pressure area over the north Bay of Bengal on Tuesday morning triggered heavy rainfall in the north coastal districts of Odisha.

According to a morning release by the Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar, under its influence of the cyclonic circulation over North Bay of Bengal and neighbourhood on Monday, a low-pressure area was formed over the same area at 5 am this morning. The system will slowly move westwards across West Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar during the subsequent 48 hours.

The Met Centre warned that there will be heavy rainfall with isolated very heavy rainfall at several places in Odisha till July 31 under the influence of the low pressure.

It has also issued yellow warning for the following districts:

July 27
Heavy rainfall at one or two places over the districts of Bargarh, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Deogarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur and Cuttack.

July 28
Heavy to very heavy rainfall at one or two places over the districts of Sundargarh, Deogarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak and Jajpur.

Heavy rainfall at one or two places over the districts of Angul,  Dhenkanal, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Puri, Khurda and Sambalpur.

July 29
Heavy to very heavy rainfall at one or two places over the districts of Sundargarh, Deogarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Bargarh, Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj.

Heavy rainfall at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Dhenkanal, Angul, Boudh and Sonepur.

July 30
Heavy to very heavy rainfall at one or two places over the districts of Bargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur and Sundargarh.

Heavy rainfall at one or two places over the districts of Angul, Deogarh, Keonjhar, Sonepur and Mayurbhanj.

July 31
Heavy rainfall at one or two places over the districts of Nabarangpur, Nuapada, Balasore and Bargarh.

Due to the inclement weather, fishermen are advised not to venture into the deep sea areas of the north-east Bay of Bengal today and along and off the Odisha coast, north Bay of Bengal and neighbourhood  from July 28 to 30.