Tag: Heavy Rainfall

Bhubaneswar: The Regional Meteorological Department, Bhubaneswar Saturday forecast heavy rainfall over some parts of northern Odisha for today. However, a low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal is likely to cause heavy rains in many places across the State by tomorrow. Under its impact, rains and thundershowers are likely to occur at the coastal […]

As many as 41 bodies have been recovered at Taliye village in Raigad where a landslide struck on Thursday. Several others are still missing, Deputy Inspector General of Police (Konkan) Sanjay Mohite told.

In all these incidents, an estimated 70-80 persons are still feared trapped in the debris and rubble with the NDRF, Army, Navy and local teams attempting to save them as rains continued to lash the region.

The crocodiles are unleashing terror in villages. Each of the water bodies here is crocodile-infested. Venturing into a river to take a bath is like risking one's life. People are getting killed at regular intervals.

In other incidents, at least 30 persons were killed in different landslides or hillslides in Raigad, Ratnagiri and Satara and over 50 others still feared trapped in these districts that have witnessed heavy floods and waterlogging after heavy rains in the past 48 hours.

Bhubaneswar: The depression over west central and adjoining Bay of Bengal moved in north-northeast wards and now lay centered some 150 km south-south east of Gopalpur and Paradip. The system is very likely to move northeast wards along and off Odisha coast towards West Bengal and adjoining Bangladesh coast and maintain its intensity in the […]

Bhubaneswar: Heavy to very heavy rainfall, under influence of a well marked low pressure over west central and adjoining southwest Bay of Bengal, is likely to occur at isolated places in southern and coastal Odisha within next 24 hours, informed regional office of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) today. The low pressure over Bay of […]

Bhubaneswar: Heavy rains were reported in 25 blocks of eight districts of the State in the past 24 hours following which the government has directed district collectors to take measures to provide relief to people in the affected areas. While Kanas block in Puri recorded maximum 274 mm rainfall, Khunta and Gopabandhunagar in Mayurbhanj registered […]

Bhubaneswar: Diwali celebrations in the state came to a nought after heavy rains lashed many parts of Odisha today, as low pressure over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a depression, sources from the regional meteorological department said. Director of the regional centre of India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Bhubaneswar SC Sahu said,”The well marked […]

Bhubaneswar: Several parts of Odisha and Jharkhand are expected to experience heavy to very heavy rainfall in the next 48 hours as the depression over Gangetic West Bengal has intensified into a deep depression. As per the latest bulletin of Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issued on Monday, the deep depression is likely to move slowly […]

Bhubaneswar: Heavy rainfall along with thunderstorm, under influence of a low pressure over north Bay of Bengal, is likely to occur at northern and southern parts of the State within next 24 hours informed regional office of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) today. Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely at one or two places […]

Bhubaneswar: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday has forecast heavy rainfall across Odisha in the next 24 hours. Normal life has been hit hard after a low-pressure trough stretching across north-east Bay of Bengal triggered heavy rains across Odisha for the second consecutive day. As per the latest forecast of the Met department, coastal […]

Bhubaneswar: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday issued thunderstorm and lightning warning in 14 districts of Odisha. It has also forecast heavy rainfall in the southern regions of the State in the next 48 hours. The districts which have been put on alert are Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Balasore, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Ganjam, Jagatsinghpur, Khurda, Deogarh, Cuttack, […]

Bhubaneswar: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted more rainfall across the State in the next 24 hours. Heavy rainfall is likely to occur in one or two places in the coastal region of the state, IMD said forecasting that such situation may continue for three more days. Meanwhile, sources in the Meteorological Centre, Bhubaneswar, […]

Bhubaneswar: The regional meteorological department issued thunderstorm and lighting warning for 16 districts in Odisha here on Thursday. The alert has been issued for Gajapati, Ganjam, Nayagarh, Kandhamal, Bolangir, Rayagada, Nabarangpur, Koraput, Sonepur, Puri, Khurda, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Balasore and Bhadrak. As per the latest bulleting of the regional meteorological department, thunderstorm and lightning warning has […]