Bhubaneswar: Odisha has witnessed record rainfall in the last 24 years due to depression over northwest Bay of Bengal off north Odisha.
Kandhamal district had received an average of 183.2 mm followed by Rayagada and Malkangiri district with 163.4 mm and 129. 3 mm respectively in 24 hours ended that at 8 am on today, according to reports.
Several blocks in the State received over 100 mm of rain with Kashipur recording 330 mm followed by Sonepur’s Tarabha with 249 mm.
Similarly, Muniguda received 210 mm of rain and Daringbadi with 145 mm, Malkangiri’s Korkonda with 175 mm and Puri with 106 mm rainfall today.
According to the IMD, the depression over northwest Bay of Bengal off north Odisha is likely to intensify into a deep depression causing heavy downpour in various parts of the State.
DISTRICT AVERAGE RAINFALL 7TH AUGUST, 2019
(Rainfall in mm)
Sl.No. District 7.8.2019
1 Kandhamal 183.2
2 Rayagada 163.4
3 Malkanagiri 129.3
4 Koraput 113.9
5 Kalahandi 109.4
6 Ganjam 104.6
7 Puri 88.5
8 Gajapati 88.2
9 Cuttack 74.3
10 Subarnapur 73.9
11 Nayagarh 71.4
12 Khurda 68.8
13 Boudh 67.7
14 Dhenkanal 65.4
15 Jagatsinghpur 59.1
16 Jajpur 48.1
17 Bolangir 40.0
18 Nawarangpur 36.4
19 Kendrapara 33.1
20 Nuapada 22.2
21 Bhadrak 22.1
22 Keonjhar 16.0
23 Mayurbhanj 13.6
24 Balasore 8.7
25 Angul 8.0
26 Bargarh 5.1
27 Sambalpur 4.6
28 Sundargarh 4.2
29 Deogarh 1.3
30 Jharsuguda 0.6
State Average 57.5