The low pressure over the south Gangetic West Bengal now lies over north Odisha triggering heavy rain in the State which are likely to continue till next week as per the forecast of Regional Office of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) here on Sunday. Orange and yellow alerts were issued for many districts that are likely to witness heavy to very rainfall in the next seven days.
Parts of Sundargarh, Keonjhar, Deogarh, Sambalpur, Bargarh, Kalahandi and Koraput districts were issued the orange alert due to intense rainfall likely to lash these areas.
Nabarangpur, Nuapada, Balangir, Boudh, Subarnapur, Jharsuguda, Angul, Cuttack, Puri, Khordha, Ganjam and Mayurbhanj districts,
which would witness heavy rains, were issued the yellow alert.
Heavy to very heavy rainfall was forecast for Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, Nuapada and Balangir and these districts are in the ‘orange warning’ category.
Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Sundergarh, Bargarh, Subarnapur, Rayagada, Kandhamal and Boudh were put in the ‘yellow warning’ category between July 28 and July 29.
Spells of heavy rainfall are likely to occur in isolated places of Nabarangpur, Nuapada, Bargarh, Balangir and Kalahandi between July 29 and July 30 and these districts were issued the yellow alert.
Parts of Sundargarh, Deogarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Baleswar, Bhadrak, Koraput and Sambalpur districts would experience heavy thundershowers between July 31 and Aug 1, for which they were included in the ‘yellow warning’ category.