Odisha Weather. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy rains in 10 districts of Odisha on Monday with the formation of a cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal. The IMD wrote in a Twitter post that under the influence of the cyclonic circulation, a low pressure area is likely to form over the same region during the next 24 hours. Under the Yellow Alert, the administration is instructed to be prepared.
Apart from this, the IMD said that there is a possibility of light to moderate rain or thundershowers at most places in the districts of South Odisha and at many places in the rest of the districts of the state. A senior scientist of the Regional Meteorological Center said that the Meteorological Department has predicted heavy rains till July 28 due to the formation of a possible low pressure area in Odisha. He said that the rain will intensify from Tuesday.
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Special Relief Commissioner instructed the district magistrates of the state to be vigilant
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Thunderstorm likely in most districts
6.4 mm of rain in 24 hours
The Meteorological Department said that the state received 6.4 millimeters (mm) of rain in the last 24 hours, which is 19 percent less than the normal rainfall of 7.9 mm. Meanwhile, Special Relief Commissioner Satyabrata Sahu has asked all district magistrates to be vigilant. Especially those districts where IMD has issued “Yellow Alert”.
Yellow alert for these districts
Yellow alert has been issued for Ganjam, Gajapati, Rayagada, Malkangiri, Koraput, Navrangpur, Nuapada, Kalahandi, Kandhamal and Balangir.