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By: Shree1news, 04 DEC 2021
Bhubaneswar: Even as the cyclonic storm Jawad over westcentral Bay of Bengal is weakening, India Meteorological department (IMD) issued heavy to very heavy rainfall warning for several districts of Odisha for today and the next day.
As per IMD’s latest bulletin, Cyclone Jawad over westcentral Bay of Bengal moved barely northwards with a speed of 4 kmph during past 6 hours and lay centered at 5.30 am today, approximately 230 km southeast of Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 340 km south of Gopalpur (Odisha), 410 km south-southwest of Puri (Odisha) and 490 km south-southwest of Paradip (Odisha).
It is possibly to weaken by tonight and change its course northnortheastwards along Odisha coast reaching near Puri by means of tomorrow noon as a Deep depression. subsequently, it is possibly to weaken further and continue to move north-northeastwards alongside Odisha coast in the direction of West Bengal coast. IMD DG Dr. Mrutyunjay Mohapatra informed.
under influence of the cyclonic storm, many districts of Odisha are likely to experience intense rainfall till December 6, 2021.
Bhubaneswar regional Meteorological Centre issued red warning, orange warning and yellow warning for numerous districts.
Rainfall warning:
December 4-5: red warning: Heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely to occur at isolated places with extremely heavy falls at one or places (more than 20 cm) over the districts of Ganjam, Puri and Jagatsinghpur.
Orange warning: Heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely to at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Khordha, Nayagarh, Gajapati and Jajpur.
Yellow warning: Heavy rainfall very likely to occur at isolated places over the districts of Kandhamal, Rayagada, Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj.
December 5-6: Orange warning: Heavy to very heavy rainfall very possibly to arise at one or places over the districts of Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Cuttack and Puri.
Yellow warning: Heavy rainfall very likely to occur at isolated places over the districts of Keonjhar, Angul, Dhenkanal, Nayagarh, Khordha and Ganjam.
Wind warning:
Gale wind, speed reaching 70-80 kmph gusting to 90 kmph, prevails over westcentral Bay of Bengal. it’d gradually lower becoming 60-70 kmph gusting to 80 kmph over northwest and adjoining westcentral Bay of Bengal via mid-night of today, the 4th December. it would decrease further becoming 50-60 gusting to 70 kmph from the morning of 5th December over northwest Bay of Bengal.
Squally winds, speed reaching 45-55 kmph gusting to 65 kmph likely to succeed along & off North Andhra Pradesh–Odisha coasts during next 12 hours. it will gradually increase turning into 55-65 gusting to 75 kmph until morning of 5th and squally winds 50-60 kmph gusting to 70 kmph from 5th morning until afternoon. it might decrease thereafter gradually.
