Odisha: Low pressure to trigger rain on Sunday, Monday
The government in the wake of heavy rainfall warning has asked district collectors to remain alert and suggested them to take needful steps depending upon the situation.
BHUBANESWAR: The India Metreological Department’s (IMD)’s forecast on Friday said most places in the state would receive rainfall on Sunday and Monday under the influence of a low pressure brewing over the Bay of Bengal now.
The system, now lying as a cyclonic circulation is likely to take shape of a low pressure over the central Bay of Bengal in the next 24 hours.
Thereafter it is likely to move in the west north westwards direction and concentrate into a depression in the subsequent 48 hours, said a release from IMD.
It said light rainfall would take place at most places with chances of heavy to extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places in select districts during the two days.
There would also be light to moderate rainfall at many places on Saturday due to the system, the forecast said.
The IMD release said the possible system might support ongoing agriculture activity. But all the same it warned that heavy rainfall might cause temporary water logging in low- lying areas and traffic disruptions in urban areas.
The government in the wake of heavy rainfall warning has asked district collectors to remain alert and suggested them to take needful steps depending upon the situation. The office of the special relief commissioner ( SRC) sent that advisory to the collectors.
H R Biswas, director of IMD, regional centre, said the possible system is likely to intensify into a depression after causing widespread rainfall for two days and loose it’s intensity by Tuesday.
IMD’s Friday rainfall report stated that Nuagada in Gajapati district recorded the highest of 64 mm rainfall in the state in the last 24 hours. Similarly, Nayagarh during the day recorded 24.3 mm rain.
The overall seasonal rainfall deficit from June to till date by Friday stood at 27%. This is with 18 districts facing rainfall deficit and five of them the figure standing at 40% or more.
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