Heavy Rain To Batter Odisha From Today; IMD Issues Yellow Warning

Bhubaneswar: Heavy downpour is likely to pound many parts of Odisha on Thursday under the influence of a cyclonic disturbance over the north Bay of Bengal.

According to the Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar, a cyclonic disturbance is active over the north and central Bay of Bengal and it will trigger heavy rainfall in 17 districts of Odisha today.

It sdaid widespread rainfall is likely to take placeover western and some interior districts of the state within the next 24 hours. The MeT Centre has also issued a yellow alert for heavy to very heavy rainfall in 17 districts of Odisha during the period.

The amount and intensity of rainfall will increase in the state till July 10. From today, the intensity of rain may increase the following day (June 6) with heavy to very heavy rain at one or two places in Nuapada, Kalahandi, Balangir, Sonepur, Bargarh and Sambalpur and heavy downpour at one or two places in Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Kandhamal, Boudh, Angul, Deogarh, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Dhenkanal, Jajpur and Cuttack.

Some places in coastal Odisha are likely to experience thunderstorms and lightning.

On July 7, heavy rainfall may occur at one or two places in Sundargarh, Deogarh, Keonjhar, Angul, Dhenkanal, Jajpur and Cuttack with light to moderate rain or thundershower at many places across the state.

The heavy rainfall warning continues for some places in Bargarh, Sambalpur, Angul, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Balasore, Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj during the subsequent 24 hours (July 8).

Heavy Rainfall is likely at one or two places in Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Rayagada, Gajapati, Ganjam, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj and Balasore on July 9 with light to moderate rain or thundershower at many places in the state.

Odisha has received around 176.5 mm of rain since the onset of monsoon last month. The volume of rainfall is below the average  during this period.

People have been advised to watch the weather and take precautions to avoid lightning and thunderstorms.

Meanwhile, the state has experienced widespread rainfall in the last 24 hours, mostly light to moderate. Barkot in Devgarh district recorded the highest rainfall of 127.6 mm followed by a 104 mm rainfall record at Gurundia in Sundergarh district and an 87.4 mm rainfall record at Gunpur in Rayagada.