Depression forms over Bay of Bengal, Odisha likely to get heavy rain

IMD warns of heavy rain in Odisha, 16 districts on high alert, depression to intensify into deep depression.

The India Meteorological Department on Sunday said the well-marked low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal has turned into a depression and Odisha is likely to receive heavy rain for the next three days.

The Odisha government has put 16 districts on high alert.

The IMD said the atmospheric system was situated at a distance of about 280 km east of Kalingapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 230 km east-southeast of Gopalpur (Odisha), 260 km south-southeast of Paradip (Odisha) and 390 km south of Digha (West Bengal).

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It is likely to move nearly northwards towards the north Odisha-West Bengal coasts and intensify into a deep depression during the next 24 hours, the agency said in a bulletin.

“It is very likely to move west[1] northwestwards and cross Odisha and adjoining West Bengal coasts between Puri and Digha around evening September 9 (Monday). Continuing to move further west-northwestwards, it is likely to move across Odisha and adjoining Gangetic West Bengal and Jharkhand and adjoining north Chhattisgarh during subsequent two days,” it said.

A yellow warning has been issued for the districts of Khordha, Nayagarh, Cuttack, Boudh, Subarnapur, Bolangir, Nuapada, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Bhadrak, Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, Kadhamal, Sambalpur, and Bargarh, indicating that some places may record rainfall between 7 cm and 11 cm.