With most parts of the State experiencing the first real spell of monsoon rains since Sunday night, the weather department has predicted more of it in the State, especially in the coastal districts, in the next 24 hours.
“The monsoon is gradually moving inside interior Odisha, which would receive more rainfalls in the next 72 hours,” said the local Met office on Monday evening.
“There is a trough line stretching from Rajasthan up to the Bay of Bengal while there is a cyclonic circulation over the Bangladesh coast. As a result, there would be more rainfalls in Odisha in the next 24 hours. Besides, heavy rainfalls are likely at one or two places in the coastal districts during the period,” said Director of Meteorological Centre Sarat Sahu. He, however, informed that although there was a moderate rainfall in most parts of the State since Sunday night, the amount of rainfall has been 56 per cent less than the normal.
Meanwhile, rainfall recorded till 5.30 on Monday evening was the highest in Keonjhar with 40 mm followed by Cuttack (37), Baleswar (36), Bhubaneswar (34.8), Paradip (32), Baripada (27), Puri (17), Chandbali (15) and Dhenkanal (10).