Bhubaneswar, Aug 11 (PTI) Even as Odisha was yet to recover from the recent floods that affected 8 lakh people in 23 districts, the IMD said a fresh low-pressure area was likely to be formed in the Bay of Bengal on Wednesday, and forecast rainfall across the state till August 17.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD), in its Tuesday evening bulletin, said that the “upper air cyclonic circulation over northwest Bay of Bengal and tilting southwestwards with height persists”.
“Under its influence, a low-pressure area is likely to form over the same region around August 12,” it said.
Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre Director Manorama Mohanty said Odisha is likely to experience very heavy rainfall till August 13 and isolated heavy rainfall may also occur from August 14 to August 17.
The state will also experience squally weather conditions, with surface winds reaching 40-50 kmph. Sea conditions are expected to remain rough to very rough, she said.
The weather office urged fishermen not to venture into the sea till August 15. It also warned of flood, breach of river embankments, water-logging in urban areas and potential landslides or mudslides in hilly terrains.
The IMD forecast very heavy rainfall in Anugul and Keonjhar on Wednesday and heavy rainfall in 15 other districts.
It also forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall in Sundergarh and heavy downpour in 16 other districts across northern, central, and southern Odisha.
Mohanty said light to moderate rainfall occurred in most places of Odisha in the last 24 hours, while heavy rainfall was recorded at one or two places over the districts of Jagatsinghpur, Bhadrak, Sundergarh and Deogarh. PTI AAM AAM ACD
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