Heavy rain to lash several districts in Odisha; IMD issues orange and yellow warning

 A cyclonic circulation lies over Gangetic West Bengal and adjoining Bangladesh, informed the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday.

As per IMD, heavy rainfall is likely to lash several parts of Odisha till August 9, 2024. A yellow warning has been issued for heavy rainfall in some districts of the state by the IMD.

IMD informed that an orange warning has been issued for 9 Odisha districts- Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Cuttack, Nayagarh, Boudh, Angul Sundargarh, and Jharsuguda. The alert will remain valid till August 7 (0830 hours).

Weather Forecast

Day 1 (Valid upto 0830 hrs IST of 07.08.2024)

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

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 Bargarh, Nuapada, Bolangir, Kalahandi, Rayagada, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Khordha, Dhenkanal, Sambalpur, Sonepur, Kendrapara, Deogarh .

Day 2 (Valid from 0830 hrs IST of 07.08.2024to 0830 hrs IST of 08.08.2024)

Yellow Warning: Heavy rainfall (7 to 11cm) is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh.

Day 3 (Valid from 0830 hrs IST of 08.08.2024to 0830 hrs IST of 09.08.2024)

Yellow Warning: Heavy rainfall (7 to 11cm) is very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Deogarh.