Bhubaneswar: Amid instances of heavy rainfall, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued a yellow alert in the South Odisha districts.
A senior scientist from IMD Bhubaneswar said that “A cyclonic circulation is likely to form over the east-central Bay of Bengal around September 7. Under its influence, a low-pressure area is expected to form in the subsequent 48 hours over the west-central Bay of Bengal.”
Sanjeev Dwivedi, IMD, further added that “Due to low pressure, eight districts of south Odisha like Ganapati, Ganjam, Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Raigarh, Puri and Kalahandi districts likely to experience heavy to very heavy rainfall, accumulated amount of 7-20 mm rainfall on September 9,”.
He further added that a low pressure area is likely to form over the east-central Bay of Bengal around September 9.
IMD has further issued yellow alert across 23 districts of Odisha owing to heavy rainfall in the region.
(With Agency Inputs)