Widespread rain till July 31
With a cyclonic storm formed over northwest Bay of Bengal off Odisha coast having turned into a low pressure on Sunday, the local Meteorological Centre warned widespread rainfall in most parts of the State with heavy to very heavy rainfall at one or two places in the coastal, south and north Odisha in next 72 hours.
“Since a cyclonic storm turned into a low pressure, mostly the south and north Odisha will experience heavy to very heavy rainfall in next 72 hours. After August 1, the rainfall will decrease,” said Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre Director Sarat Sahoo.
He also warned that strong and gusty surface wind speed reaching 35-45 kmph from northeast direction may prevail along and off Odisha coast during next 24 hour.
Meanwhile, most parts of the State on Sunday received moderate to heavy rainfall under the influence of a low pressure.
Phulbani recorded the highest rainfall of 110 mm. The rainfall in other places during the period was 18.8 mm in Baleswar, 25mm in Chandbali, 57.6 mm in Cuttack, 54.9 mm in Puri, 16.6 mm in Angul, 20.6 mm in Baripada, 30.4mm in Keonjhar, 31mm in Sambalpur, 14.7mm in Hirakud, 26.4 mm in Balangir, 19.2 mm in Titlagarh, 20.6 mm in Malkangiri, 63 mm in Sonepur and 54mm in Dhenkanal. The capital city of Bhubaneswar recorded 9.5 mm rainfall.