Rain Forecast For These Odisha Districts

Bhubaneswar: The weather is likely to remain mostly dry in most parts of the  state in the next three days, stated the regional centre of India Meteorological Centre here on Saturday.

However, pre-Diwali celebrations are likely to be wet in some parts of the state with the Met office predicting heavy rainfall over the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput, Gajapati and Ganjam from 8.30 am of November 2 to November 3 morning.

The Met Centre has issued yellow warning for the four districts and also predicted light to moderate rain or thundershower at a few places over the rest districts of South Odisha and at one or two places over the districts of Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada.

The rest of the state will remain dry and no large change in maximum and minimum temperature is expected during the next
3 to 4 days, the IMD stated.

Meanwhile, the trough in easterlies from the cyclonic circulation associated with the Low Pressure Area over Southwest Bay of
Bengal adjoining Sri Lanka off Tamil Nadu coast to north Coastal Andhra Pradesh has become less marked.

In view of the weather condition, the Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) has directed all district Collectors to circulate the warning message among public. The Collectors have also been asked to monitor situation closely and take necessary action, in case of any eventuality.