Fresh low pressure to move close to south Odisha, north AP; IMD issues orange alert for heavy rain

A fresh low-pressure area is likely to form over east-central and adjoining North Bay of Bengal on August 29, 2024. It is likely to move west-northwestwards close to south Odisha and north Andhra Pradesh coasts during the subsequent two days, informed the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday.

As per the IMD, several parts of Odisha are likely to experience heavy rainfall activities on August 30 and August 31, 2024. An orange warning has been issued as well.

Meanwhile, the low-pressure area over Jharkhand and its neighbourhood is likely to continue to move west-northwestwards across Jharkhand, north Chhattisgarh and adjoining southeast Uttar Pradesh and weaken gradually during the next 24 hours, said IMD.

Weather Forecast For Odisha

Day 1 (Valid upto 0830 hrs IST of 28.08.2024)

Yellow Warning: Heavy rainfall (7 to 11cm) is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Sundargarh, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Bargarh, Angul ,Nayagarh, Khordha, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Puri, Jagatsinghpur.

Day 2 (Valid from 0830 hrs IST of 28.08.2024 to 0830 hrs IST of 29.08.2024)

Yellow Warning: Heavy rainfall (7 to 11cm) and thunderstorm with lightning is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Koraput, Malkangiri, Rayagada, Gajapati, Ganjam.

Day 3 (Valid from 0830 hrs IST of 29.08.2024 to 0830 hrs IST of 30.08.2024)

Orange Warning: Heavy to very heavy rainfall (7 to 20cm) and thunderstorm with lightning is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Rayagada.

Day 4 (Valid from 0830 hrs IST of 30.08.2024 to 0830 hrs IST of 31.08.2024)

Orange Warning: Isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall (7 to 20cm) with isolated extremely heavy rainfall (>20cm) is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput .