Tag: Heavy Rain

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Low pressure moves to MP; heavy rains to lash interior Odisha in next 24 hrs

Bhubaneswar: Heavy rains will lash most parts of interior Odisha in the next 24 hours as the low pressure has moved to Madhya Pradesh, the local Met office said today. In a release this afternoon, the Met office has said the low pressure, which had centred over north Odisha and adjoining Jharkhand, has now moved […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Over 60,000 people affected by Sri Lanka flash floods

Colombo: Over 60,000 people have been affected by flash floods and heavy winds in Sri Lanka’s northern part after days of heavy rains, officials said on Monday. Out of those affected, over 11,000 people were evacuated to safe locations as their homes were inundated due to continuous rains, Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Centre was cited […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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81 airlifted from Himachal; over 1,000 persons rescued

Shimla: The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Friday resumed its rescue operation on the fourth day and airlifted 81 people, including six foreigners, from Himachal Pradesh’s snow-marooned Lahaul Valley. The rescue operation was hampered in the afternoon owing to the onset of snowfall in the high hills. Over 1,000 persons, including 30 foreigners, have been […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Heavy to very heavy rainfall warning in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Heavy to very heavy rainfall are likely to lash several parts of Odisha over the next two days with the low pressure area over Bay of Bengal set to intensify into a depression and then deep depression on Thursday, the weatherman said. Under its impact, rain and thundershower are likely to occur at many […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
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Low pressure likely to trigger heavy rain in Odisha

Bhubaneshwar: A low pressure over the Bay of Bengal is likely to trigger very heavy rainfall coupled with strong gusty surface wind in some parts of Odisha, besides making sea condition very rough. Yesterday’s Low Pressure area now lies over the northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining areas of Gangetic West Bengal and Southwest Bangladesh, […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
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Heavy rain cripples normal life in Keonjhar; gate of Remal dam opened

Keonjhar: Heavy rain since last night has thrown life out of gear in Anandpur of Keonjhar district. A flood-like situation has also cropped up in Biridiha, Kantipal, Taratara, Kathakata and Baladuan areas in the district. One sluice gate of Remal Dam had to be opened today to flush out excess floodwater following incessant rain in […]

  • Wednesday, 23 June 2021
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Odisha’s preparedness to tackle Cyclone Titli was incomplete: Jay Panda

Salepur: Former Kendrapara MP Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda today asserted that Odisha government’s preparedness in tackling Cyclone ‘Titli’ was somewhere incomplete. Though Odisha’s capacity in handling such natural disasters has increased after the super cyclone of 1999, it was for the first time in 20 years that the level of preparedness was not up to the […]

  • Tuesday, 22 June 2021
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Girl student killed, 5 injured by lightning strike in Dhenkanal

Dhenkanal: In an unfortunate incident, a girl student of Pathani Samanta Engineering College at Karanda in Dhenkanal district was killed while five of her friends were injured after they were struck by lightning outside the college campus today. The deceased, identified as Kalpana Naik of Bahala village, was a second year student of civil engineering. […]

  • Tuesday, 22 June 2021
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Heavy rain cripples normal life in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Educational institutions were closed, roads snapped at several places and normal life was thrown out of gear in many parts of Odisha today following heavy rains since last 24 hours. Low lying areas in almost all disctricts including the twin cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar remained waterlogged due to the incessant rain triggered by […]

  • Friday, 18 June 2021
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Heavy Rain, Thunderstorm Lash Odisha

A large part of Odisha including the state capital Bhubaneswar on Saturday experienced heavy rain due to low pressure and advancement of the south-west monsoon in the state, official sources said.

  • Sunday, 13 June 2021
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Nor'wester causes extensive damage in Jeypore

Jeypore: Nor’wester rain accompanied with gusty winds caused massive damages in Jeypore area of Koraput district on Friday. At least two persons were injured at separate incidents while several houses at Peta, Jamunaguda and Irrigation Colony of the town were also damaged. Vehicular movement was also adversely hit after trees got uprooted at several parts […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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13 killed in Afghan flash floods, heavy rain

Firoz Koah (Afghanistan): At least 13 people have lost their lives and more than 100 houses have been destroyed due heavy rain and flash floods in Afghanistan’s Ghor province over the past two days, officials said on Saturday. Talking to reporters here, provincial Governor Ghulam Nasir Khazih said that the floods largely damaged provincial capital […]

  • Friday, 30 April 2021
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India, NZ share points after another washout

Nottingham: The frustrating English weather finally caught up with the Indian team as their third World Cup game against New Zealand was called off without a ball being bowled here Thursday. New Zealand have seven points from four games while India now have five from three with the next game against Pakistan in Manchester on […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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Monsoon Alert! Low pressure to trigger more rain in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The cyclonic circulation over Bihar and Jharkhand has intensified into low pressure area and several parts of Odisha will experience light showers in the next 24 hours, informed meteorologist of Bhubaneswar Regional Meteorological Centre, LK Giri on Sunday. “The cyclonic circulation over Jharkhand has intensified into low pressure and it now lay centered over […]

  • Wednesday, 28 April 2021
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Heavy rain hits flights at Mumbai airport

Mumbai: Flight operations were severely hit due to heavy rain and poor visibility at the Mumbai airport on Monday. A Mumbai International Airport Ltd. spokesperson said that on account of fluctuating visibility issues, there were no flight movements. Alhough there were no cancellations, at least three flights were diverted to other airports. In a different […]

  • Wednesday, 28 April 2021
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