IMD Predicts Heavy Rainfall in Odisha

IMD issues warning stating several parts of Odisha are likely to experience heavy rainfall over the next two days.

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Several parts of Odisha are likely to experience heavy rainfall for the next two days, under the impact of a low pressure area formed over the Bay of Bengal, the Met office said on 26 August.

Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to occur at a few places over Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Nawarangpur, Keonjhar and Nuapada, with extremely heavy rainfall at one or two places over Balangir, Kalahandi, Bargarh and Sonepur districts, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

It further said that rain and thundershower is likely to occur at most places over the districts of Odisha on 27 and 28 August.

Following the IMD’s forecast, a tweet put out by National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) advised fishermen to “not to venture” into parts of the Bay of Bengal, bordering West Bengal and Odisha.