Bhubaneswar: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued heavy rainfall warning for Odisha.
In a mid-day bulletin, the IMD said that a cyclonic circulation over northwest Bay of Bengal and neighbourhood on Sunday has moved and was lying over north Odisha and adjoining areas of Gangetic West Bengal and Jharkhand tilting towards the south on Monday. Under its influence, heavy to very heavy rainfall will lash isolated places in all parts of the state in the next 24 hours and continue for five days till August 3.
The national weather agency has issued red, orange and yellow warning for the following districts on the given days.
July 30
Red warning
Very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places over the districts of Koraput, Malkangiri and Nabarangpur.
Orange warning
Heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places over the districts of Kalahandi, Nuapada, Bargarh, Sonepur, Balangir and Kandhamal.
Yellow warning
Heavy rainfall at isolated places over the districts of Rayagada, Ganjam, Nayagarh, Puri, Khurda, Angul, Cuttack, Boudh, Deogarh, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda and Sundargarh
July 31
Orange warning
Heavy rainfall at isolated places over the districts of Koraput, Malkangiri and Nabarangpur
Yellow warning
Heavy rainfall at isolated places over the districts of Bargarh, Nuapada, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh and Deogarh
August 1
Yellow warning
Heavy rainfall at isolated places over the districts of Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj and Balasore.
August-2
Yellow warning
Heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places over the districts of Bargarh, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Sonepur, Balangir, Deogarh, Nabarangpur and Koraput.
August-3
Yellow warning
Heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places over the districts of Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Sundargarh, Angul, Puri, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Jajpur, Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapada.
The IMD has advised the fishermen not to venture into the sea along and off the Odisha coast and north-west and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal during next 24 hours as the strong monsoon current will make the sea condition rough to very rough.
