Monsoon likely to hit Odisha next week

The southwest monsoon, which hit the Kerala coast today, is likely to hit the Odisha coast next week, the local Met office has said

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Bhubaneswar: The southwest monsoon, which hit the Kerala coast today, is likely to hit the Odisha coast next week, the local Met office has said.

Dr Sarat Chandra Sahu, Director, Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar said the cross equatorial flow was gradually strengthening since the last 3-4 days. Besides, an off-shore trough line stretching from Karnataka across Kerala and the wind flow from west direction from lower Arabian Sea made the conditions suitable to drag the southwest monsoon current towards the north.