Odisha: IMD Issues Red Warning for Several Dists

Bhubaneswar: The India Metrological Department (IMD) today issued red warning for several districts of Odisha as the low pressure area over Northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining Odisha, Gangetic West Bengal coasts will become more marked in the next 24 hours.

Several districts in north coastal and interior and south Odisha experienced light to moderate rain/ thunderstorm in the past 24 hours.

Heavy to very heavy rainfall may occur at one or two places over the districts of Jajpur, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Angul, Sambalpur, Sonepur, Boudh, Bolangir in the next 24 hours, according to the IMD.

Similarly, heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely heavy falls at one or two places is very likely to occur over the districts of Sambalpur, Sonepur, Bolangir, Boudh, Bargarh and Angul in the next 48 hours.

Here’s complete weather outlook:

Day 1 (valid from 1330 hrs IST of 11.06.2021 upto 0830 hrs IST of 12.06.2021)

Orange Warning (To be prepared): Heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Jajpur, Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Angul, Sambalpur, Sonepur, Boudh, Bolangir.

Yellow Warning(To be updated): Heavy rainfall very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Balasore, Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Deogarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Puri, Khordha, Nayagarh,Ganjam, Nuapada, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Nabarangpur, Koraput, Malkangiri.

Day 2 (valid from 1330 hrs IST of 12.06.2021 upto 0830 hrs IST of 13.06.2021)

Red Warning (Take Action): Heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places with extremely heavy falls at one or two places very likely to occur over the districts of Sambalpur, Sonepur, Bolangir, Boudh, Bargarh, Angul.

Orange Warning(To be prepared): Heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, Nuapada, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Deogarh.

Day 3 (valid from 1330 hrs IST of 13.06.2021 upto 0830 hrs IST of 14.06.2021)

Orange Warning (To be prepared): Heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Bargarh, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, Deogarh, Sonepur, Bolangir, Nuapada, Sundargarh, Keonjhar,Angul, Boudh.

Yellow Warning (To be updated): Heavy rainfall very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Nawarangpur, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Dhenkanal, Mayurbhanj, Jajpur, Balasore, Bhadrak, Cuttack.

Day 4 (valid from 1330 hrs IST of 14.06.2021 upto 0830 hrs IST of 15.06.2021)

Orange Warning (To be prepared): Heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Bargarh, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Nuapada.

Yellow Warning (To be updated): Heavy rainfall very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Bolangir, Sonepur, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Angul, Koraput, Malkangiri.

Day 5 (valid from 1330 hrs IST of 15.06.2021 upto 0830 hrs IST of 16.06.2021)

Yellow Warning (To be updated): Heavy rainfall very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Bargarh, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Keonjhar.