Heavy Rain To Pound Odisha For 5 Days; IMD Issues Yellow Warning

Bhubaneswar: Heavy rainfall is very likely to pound most parts of Odisha over the next five days. While 14 districts are likely to face heavy rain during next 24 hours, India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday issued yellow warning for many districts for the next five days.

The Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar said in a bulletin that a cyclonic circulation lies over west-central and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal and extends up to 7.6 km above mean sea level. Light to moderate rain or thundershower is very likely to occur at most places over the districts of Odisha.

A fresh low pressure area is likely to form over Northwest and adjoining Westcentral Bay of Bengal off south Odisha-north Andhra Pradesh around July 24.

In view of the prevailing meteorological features, wet spell of monsoon rainfall activity over Odisha is likely to continue and it will help ongoing sowing activity of paddy crops. However, temporarily water logging in low lying areas and traffic congestion in urban areas, landslides in vulnerable hilly areas likely due to heavy rain in some areas, itsaid.

Weather forecast and warning for next five days

1. Valid up to 0830 hrs of 23.07.2023: Yellow Warning (Be Updated) –Heavy rainfall is likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Rayagada, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Gajapati, Ganjam, Puri, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Sundargarh, Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj.
2. Valid from 0830 hrs of 23.07.2023 to 0830 hrs of 24.07.2023: Yellow Warning (Be Updated)-Heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati, Ganjam, Kandhamal, Boudh, Balangir, Sonepur, Bargarh and Sambalpur.
3. From 0830 Hrs of 24.07.2023 to 0830 Hrs of 25.07.2023: Yellow warning (Be updated) – Heavy Rainfall (7 to 11cm) very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Gajapati, Ganjam, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Kandhamal, Kalahandi, Nawarangapur, Nuapada
4. From 0830 Hrs of 25.07.2023 to 0830 Hrs of 26.07.2023: Yellow warning (Be updated) – Heavy to very heavy rainfall (7 to 20cm) very likely to occur at isolated places over the districts of Gajapati, Ganjam, Puri. Heavy Rainfall (7 to 11cm) very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Nawarangapur, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Bolangir, Nayagarh, Khurda, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur.
5. From 0830 Hrs of 26.07.2023 to 0830 Hrs of 27.07.2023: Yellow warning (Be updated) – Heavy to very heavy rainfall (7 to 20cm) very likely to occur at isolated places over the districts of Nawarangapur, Malkangiri, Koraput, Kalahandi, Nuapada, Bolangir. Heavy Rainfall (7 to 11cm) very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Gajapati, Sonepur, Boudh, Kandhamal, Rayagada, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Angul, Dhenkanal, Cuttack.