Monsoon Likely To Hit Odisha Before Schedule

Bhubaneswar: Monsoon is likely to come to Odisha before the schedule between June 11 and 15, according to IMD.

The State will receive pre-monsoon showers from Monday.

Uma Shankar Das, deputy director of IMD in Bhubaneswar, said as a low pressure is likely to be formed over the Bay of Bengal around June 11 and this system might be helpful to bring in more rains and activate the monsoon in Odisha.

Das said the system will help southwest monsoon to enter most regions of the state. Meanwhile, the IMD has issued a yellow warning for torrential rains in Odisha from June 10. Most regions of the state have been receiving pre-monsoon showers and the intensity of rainfall will increase in the northern part from Wednesday, the IMD has said.

According to the IMD deputy director, the monsoon has arrived in Kerala on June 3 and has advanced into the central Arabian sea. The IMD bulletin said the monsoon has covered parts of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and some parts of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. It has also covered northeastern states like Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh.