Very heavy rainfall lashes Odisha in final 24 hours, one other low strain space could type subsequent week

By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: About 10 locations in Odisha obtained very heavy rainfall within the final 24 hours below the affect of the low strain space over the north-west Bay of Bengal and its neighbourhood.

Birmaharajpur obtained 202 mm rainfall, Boudh 177 mm, Kantamal 159.2 mm, Chandbali 156.2 mm, Satyabadi 145 mm, Garadpur in Kendrapara 136 mm, Puri 130.3 mm, Sonepur 130 mm, Marsaghai 122 mm and Paradip 121.9 mm.

Four locations within the state recorded heavy rainfall throughout the interval. Tarbha in Sonepur obtained 112.6 mm rainfall, Kaptipada 106 mm, Tirtol 102 mm and Jagatsinghpur 100 mm.

As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), 64.5 mm to 115.5 mm is heavy rainfall, 115.6 mm to 204.4 mm could be very heavy rainfall, and 204.5 mm or extra is extraordinarily heavy rainfall.

Bhubaneswar and Balasore obtained 33 mm and 46 mm rainfall respectively between 8.30 am on Thursday and 5.30 am on Friday.

There is now a nicely marked low strain space over north-west Bay of Bengal off the north Odisha-West Bengal coasts, mentioned the IMD.

Extremely heavy rainfall at remoted locations in Odisha is prone to happen on Friday, it added.

“The well marked low pressure area has enhanced rainfall activity in Odisha. There is also a possibility of formation of another low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal within next week,” mentioned Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre Director HR Biswas.

Odisha has obtained 372.3 mm rainfall between June 1 and July 23 which is a 20 per cent deficit in comparison with the state’s common rainfall throughout the interval.

Jajpur has recorded 46 per cent deficit rainfall, Keonjhar 39 per cent, Jharsuguda and Balangir 38 per cent every, Kalahandi 35 per cent, Gajapati 34 per cent, Rayagada 33 per cent, Nabarangpur and Sambalpur 32 per cent every, Angul 27 per cent, Sundargarh and Mayurbhanj 22 per cent every and Ganjam and Kandhamal 21 per cent every.

Weather consultants mentioned the rainfall deficit within the state is predicted to scale back below the affect of the nicely marked low strain space and the doubtless formation of one other system over the Bay of Bengal inside subsequent week.