Heavy rain likely in Odisha: With the formation of a cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal, which is likely to intensify into a low pressure and subsequently get the shape of a depression, the IMD on Monday forecast intense rainfall for two days from Tuesday.
The cyclonic circulation lay over the Bay of Bengal off the coast of south Odisha and north Andhra Pradesh.
“Under its influence, a Low-Pressure Area is likely to form over the same region…. The system is likely to concentrate into a depression around July 26,” the IMD said in its evening bulletin.
The IMD bulletin said heavy rainfall (7 to 11 cm) is likely to occur in Malkangiri, Koraput, Nawarangapur, Rayagada, Gajapati, and Ganjam till Tuesday morning with light to moderate rain or thundershower at most places in the south interior Odisha. The IMD has also issued an orange warning (Be Prepared) for the next two days. It said that on July 25, heavy to very heavy rainfall (7 to 20 cm) may occur at isolated places in Gajapati, Ganjam, Puri, Malkangiri, Koraput and Rayagada districts.
Heavy rain likely in Odisha: It issued a Yellow warning (Be updated) of heavy rainfall in Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Balangir, Nayagarh, Khurda, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur and Mayurbhanj districts.
Light to moderate rain or thunderstorms is also a possibility in most places in south and coastal Odisha and at many places in other parts of the state, the IMD said.
On July 26, heavy to very heavy rainfall may occur at isolated places in Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, Nuapad and Balangir.
There is also a forecast for heavy rainfall (7 to 11cm) at one or two places in Rayagada, Gajapati, Kandhamal, Ganjam, Nayagarh, Boudh, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Angul, Sambalpur, Sonepur, and Bargarh.
