Heavy Rain, Thunderstorm Pound Cuttack-Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: People of Twin City- Cuttack and Bhubaneswar on Saturday experienced an intense spell of heavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorm.

Vehicular traffic at prominent roads came to a grinding halt owing to accumulation of rainwater. This caused numerous problems to office goers in the afternoon.

Met Centre issues rainfall & thunderstorm alert for Bhubaneswar & Cuttack till 5.30 pm today #Odisha pic.twitter.com/kmx1Z81Q4n

— OTV (@otvnews) October 3, 2020

The Meteorological Centre has also issued heavy rainfall warning for the twin city for the next 2-3 hours.

The #Lowpressure area lies over #northwest Bay of Bengal & adjoining #Odisha #coast and the associated cyclonic circulation extends upto 5.8 km above mean sea level tilting southwestwards with height.

— Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar (@mcbbsr) October 3, 2020

As per the advisory, light to  moderate with intense spell (2-3cm) of rain/ thunderstorm will lash Cuttack and Bhubaneswar. The roads may be slippery, poor visibility and possibility of waterlogging in low-lying areas.

“The Low pressure area lies over northwest Bay of Bengal & adjoining Odisha coast and the associated cyclonic circulation extends upto 5.8 km above mean sea level tilting south-westwards with height. We have issued heavy rain warning for Cuttack and Bhubaneswar,” said Umashankar Das, weather expert.

#Rainfall activity continuing over #Odisha due to #low #pressure area over #Northwest & #adjoining #Odisha #coast. pic.twitter.com/uVpj5vku33

— Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar (@mcbbsr) October 3, 2020

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