Heavy Rainfall To Lash Odisha For Five Days, Warns IMD

Bhubanewar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday issued heavy rainfall warning for 25 districts of Odisha due to a low-pressure area brewing over the northwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal.

The IMD warned that heavy rain will cause water-logging in the low-lying areas and possible damage to kutcha houses and informal roads at some places in the state.

It also said that as the low pressure will further activate the south-west monsoon, the state will receive heavy rainfall for five days till October 4.

Due to inclement weather, fishermen are advised not to venture into the deep sea along and off the Odisha coast as the surface wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph will make the sea condition very rough.

In view of the heavy rainfall, IMD has issued orange and yellow warnings for the following districts.

September 30
(Orange warning)
Heavy to very heavy rainfall at one or two places over the districts of Ganjam, Puri, Kandhamal and Gajapati.

(Yellow warning)
Heavy rainfall at one or two places over the districts of Koraput, Rayagada, Khurda, Boudh, Nayagarh, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Kendrapada, Sambalpur, Kalahandi and Bhadrak.

Thunderstorm with lightning at one or two places over the districts of Kalahandi, Balangir, Boudh, Angul,  Dhenkanal, Sambalpur, Cuttack, Khurda, Jajpur, Bhadrak,  Balasore, Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj.

October 1
(Orange warning)
Heavy to very heavy rainfall at one or two places over the districts of Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Puri, Kendrapada and Dhenkanal.

(Yellow warning)
Heavy rainfall at one or two places over the districts of Ganjam, Angul, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Balasore, Mayurbhanj, Kandhamal, Nayagarh, Boudh and Khurda.

October 2
(Yellow warning)
Heavy rainfall at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar and Angul.

October 3
(Yellow warning)
Heavy rainfall at one or two places over the districts of Angul, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar, Boudh, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Sambalpur, Cuttack, Jajpur and Bhadrak.

October 4
(Yellow warning)
Heavy to very heavy rainfall at one or two places over the districts of Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Deogarh, Sambalpur, Sonepur, Balangir and Kalahandi.

Heavy rainfall at one or two places over the districts of Ganjam, Kandhamal, Boudh, Angul and Bargarh.