Bhubaneswar, Dec 4: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted that heavy rainfall is likely to occur in several districts of Odisha today under the influence of Cyclone Michaung over the Bay of Bengal.
The Met department said heavy rainfall (7 to 11 cm) is very likely to occur at one or two places over Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati, and Ganjam districts and issued Yellow Warning for these districts
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Forecast and warning for next five days as follows:
Day-1: (Valid up to 0830 Hrs IST of 04.12.23)
Light to moderate rain/ thundershower is very likely to occur in Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, and Gajapti districts, while dry weather is very likely to prevail over the rest of Odisha.
Day-2: (Valid from 0830 Hrs IST of 04.12.2023 to 0830 Hrs IST of 05.12.2023)
Light to moderate rain/ thundershower is very likely to occur in Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapti, Ganjam, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, and Cuttack districts.
A yellow warning for heavy rainfall has been issued for Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati, and Ganjam districts.
Day-3: (Valid from 0830 Hrs IST of 05.12.2023 to 0830 Hrs IST of 06.12.2023)
Light to moderate rain/ thundershower is very likely to occur in the districts of south coastal Odisha, Koraput, Malkangiri, Rayagada, Kandhamal, Nabarangpur Odisha, north coastal Odisha.
An orange warning for heavy to very heavy rainfall has been issued for Malkangiri, Koraput, Rayagada, Gajapati, and Ganjam districts. A yellow alert for heavy rainfall has been issued for Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, and Puri districts.
Day-4: (Valid from 0830 Hrs IST of 06.12.2023 to 0830 Hrs IST of 07.12.2023)
Light to moderate rain/ thundershower is very likely to occur in districts of coastal Odisha, Mayurbhanj, Angul, and Dhenkanal. A yellow warning for heavy rainfall (7 to 11cm) has been issued for one or two places over the districts of Ganjam, Gajapati, Puri, Nayagarh, Khordha, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kandhamal, Koraput, Malkangiri and Rayagada.
Day-5: (Valid from 0830 Hrs IST of 07.12.2023 to 0830 Hrs IST of 08.12.2023)
Light to moderate rain/ thundershower is very likely to occur at a few places over several districts of Odisha.
Notably, the cyclonic storm is likely to cross south Andhra Pradesh coast between Nellore and Machilipatnam as a Severe Cyclonic Storm with a maximum sustained wind speed of 90-100 kmph gusting to 110 kmph during forenoon of December 5.
