At 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, a well-defined low-pressure region over coastal West Bengal and neighboring parts of north coastal Odisha and northwest Bay of Bengal lays over southeast Jharkhand and adjoining areas of Gangetic West Bengal and north Odisha. Over the next 12 hours, it is projected to move in a west-northwest direction.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued yellow and orange warnings in its most recent bulletin, predicting very heavy rainfall in Odisha over the next three days. The authorities have issued an orange alert for Sunday.
The weather office said, “Heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely to occur in one or two places over the districts of Bolangir, Bargarh, Sonepur, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Angul, Deogar, Dhenkanal and Mayurbhanj.”
Similarly, the IMD has issued yellow alert for several districts and said, “Heavy rainfall is very likely to occur in one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Bhadrak, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Jajpur, Nayagarh, Boudh, Kandhamal, Khordha, Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Nuapada and Kendrapara.”
The meteorological department has issued an orange warning for Monday, predicting heavy to very heavy rainfall (7 to 20 cm) in Bargarh, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Keonjhar, Angul, and Sonepur. The meteorological department has issued a yellow alert for heavy rain in one or two places in Nuapada, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Mayurbhanj, Boudh, Kandhamal, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Bhadrak, and Balasore.
“Heavy rainfall (7 to 11cm) is very likely to occur in one or two places over the districts of Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Sambalpur, Mayurbhanj, Deogarh, Bargarh, Bolangir, Sonepur, Angul, Boudh, Nuapada and Keonjhar on Tuesday,” said IMD.