Tag: Rain

Bhubaneswar: Residents of the Capital city today heaved a sigh of relief from the sweltering heat after a short thunderstorm accompanied by gusty winds and hail hit the town and some other parts of the State. Besides Bhubaneswar, parts of Dhenkanal, Angul, Balasore, Bhadrak also witnessed nor’wester rain and heavy wind. Trees were reportedly uprooted […]

Bhubaneswar: The state’s coastal parts and nearby places are likely to experience Norwester (locally known as Kalabaisakhi) rain along with thunder in next 24 hours, said the Regional Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar today. Wind speed is likely to be 50-60 km/hr during the Norwester rains in the coastal Odisha and nearby places, the meteorological Centre […]

Bhubaneswar: Mercury will drop below 10 degree Celsius in interior areas of south Odisha in next three days, said the Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre Director Sarat Chandra Sahu today. While the western part of Odisha will experience minimum temperature in between 10 and 12 degree Celsius, minimum temperature at most areas in the coastal part will […]

Bhubaneswar: The local Met office has predicted heavy rainfall in some parts of coastal Odisha in the next 24 hours under the influence of a low pressure. A Met release this afternoon said under the influence of upper air cyclonic circulation over west-central and north-west Bay of Bengal and adjoining coastal areas of South Odisha […]

Bhubaneswar: The local Met office has forecast heavy rainfall in interior Odisha in next 24 hours under the influence of a low pressure. A Met release this afternoon said the low pressure lying over west-central Bay of Bengal and adjoining coastal Andhra Pradesh yesterday has moved to north coastal Andhra Pradesh and adjoining west-central Bay […]

Keonjhar: A herd of eight elephants has been stranded since Sunday night in river Baitarani here at Erendei village near Patana in the district after water level increased suddenly due to incessant rain for last two days. The forest department has launched operation to rescue the animals after the local residents informed the officials. The […]

Bhubaneswar: The local Met office has predicted heavy rainfall in coastal Odisha in the next 24 hours under the influence of a low pressure over the Bay of Bengal. A Met release issued this morning said a low pressure area, under the influence of the upper air cyclonic circulation over east-central Bay of Bengal and […]

Rain or thundershower is likely to occur at most places over coastal Odisha and many places over Interior Odisha under the influence of the low pressure formed over West central and adjoining Northwest Bay of Bengal and South Odisha-North Andhra Pradesh Coast, the Met office said here today

Bhubaneswar: The local Met office today predicted widespread rainfall in coastal Odisha under the influence of a low pressure formed over the Bay of Bengal. As per a Met release, under the influence of the upper air cyclonic circulation, a low pressure area has formed over west central and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal and […]

Bhubaneswar: With IMD predicting heavy precipitation in interior and northern Odisha, the state government today issued alerts in four districts as pounding rain left 423 houses damaged in Malkangiri district and affected road connection at many places. “The collectors of Bargarh, Balangir, Balasore and Bhadrak districts have been put on alert in view of the […]

Sydney: Continuous rain washed out the morning session of the fifth and final day of the fourth Test between India and Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) here on Monday. Australia were six for no loss in their second innings when lunch break was taken as not a single delivery was possible. The hosts […]

Mumbai: A portion of a foot overbridge crashed on the Western Railway tracks, hitting the suburban train services here during Tuesday morning peak hours, an official said. Heavy overnight rains and waterlogging in many areas is suspected to be the cause of the crash of the structure, known as the Gokhale Bridge, on S.V. Road. […]

Chandigarh: Chandigarh and its surrounding areas were hit by a massive dust storm on Friday evening followed by rain. The city and nearby areas were plunged into darkness around 5 p.m. with high velocity winds, dust and rain continuing for over one hour. Trees were uprooted and branches fell at several places. Power supply was […]

Colombo: At least 23 persons were killed and over 1.66 lakh persons were affected due to heavy monsoon rains in Sri Lanka in the past 10 days, official figures indicated on Sunday. Over 75,013 of the affected people have been evacuated from flooded areas whereas 13 persons have been reported missing, the country’s Disaster Management […]

Mumbai: Heavy rains lashed Mumbai, entire coastal Konkan region and parts of western Maharashtra affecting normal life and hitting flight operations, officials said here on Wednesday. This comes exactly a month after the Mumbai deluge of August 19 and 20. Flight operations at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMI) took a major hit owing […]