Heavy rain lashes Odisha, triggers flood fear in northern districts

Bhuba eswa ,
Aug
13
(PTI):
Heavy
ai
lashed
Odisha
as
the
low-p essu e
a ea
i
the
Bay
of
Be gal
i te sified
i to
a
“dep essio ”
o
Thu sday
a d
t igge ed
flood
fea s
i
the
o the
dist icts.

The
IMD,
which
had
o
Thu sday
mo i g
issued
a
‘ ed
wa i g’
(take
actio )
of
ve y
heavy
to
ext emely
heavy
ai fall
ac oss
Odisha,
has
catego ised
the
state
u de
‘o a ge’
(be
p epa ed
to
take
actio )
a d
‘yellow’
(be
awa e)
catego ies,
p edicti g
heavy
ai fall
till
8.30
am
o
F iday.

The
weathe
age cy,
i
a
bulleti
issued
at
8.30
pm,
said,
“The
well-ma ked
low-p essu e
a ea
ove
coastal
West
Be gal
a d
adjoi i g
a eas
of
Ba gladesh
a d
o thwest
Bay
of
Be gal,
moved
o thwestwa ds,
co ce t ated
i to
a
dep essio .”
“It
is
ve y
likely
to
co ti ue
to
move
west- o thwestwa ds
ac oss
Ga getic
West
Be gal
a d
Jha kha d
ove
the
ext
24
hou s,”
it
said.

A
dep essio
is
a
weathe
system
st o ge
tha
a
low-p essu e
a ea
but
less
i te se
tha
a
t opical
cyclo e.

As
the
i te sity
of
ai fall
educed
afte
the
system
moved
west- o thwestwa ds,
a
se io
scie tist
said
the
dow pou
is
likely
to
decli e
ac oss
the
state,
but
the
weathe
office
issued
a
‘o a ge’
wa i g
fo
fou
weste
dist icts
of
Su de ga h,
Jha suguda,
Ba ga h,
a d
Sambalpu
fo
F iday,
p edicti g
heavy
to
ve y
heavy
ai fall.

Simila ly,
a
‘yellow’
wa i g
has
bee
issued
fo
i e
dist icts
of
Balaso e,
Deoga h,
A gul,
Keo jha ,
Mayu bha j,
Suba apu ,
Boudh,
Nuapada,
Bola gi ,
p edicti g
heavy
ai fall.

Keepi g
i
view
the
weathe
co ditio s,
the
I dia
Meteo ological
Depa tme t
(IMD)
has
advised
fishe me
ot
to
ve tu e
i to
the
Bay
of
Be gal
till
August
14.

Acco di g
to
the
Meteo ological
Ce t e
(MC)
i
Bhuba eswa ,
the
highest
ai fall
of
236
mm
was
eco ded
at
Bhog ai
i
Balaso e
dist ict,
followed
by
230
mm
at
Shyamakhu tam,
215
mm
at
Ba ipada
i
Mayu bha j
dist ict
a d
204
mm
at
Rajghat
i
Balaso e
dist ict.

Balaso e
tow
eco ded
the
highest
ai fall
of
137
mm
till
5.30
am
o
Thu sday
mo i g,
while
epo ts
of
ve y
heavy
ai
we e
eceived
f om
Similipal
hills
i
Mayu bha j.

The
heavy
ai fall
i
Mayu bha j
led
to
a
ise
i
the
wate
levels
of
ive s
such
as
Budhabala ga
a d
Jalaka
i
Balaso e
dist ict.
A
la ge
pa t
of
Balaso e
tow
has
bee
wate logged,
a
official
said.

Heavy
ai
has
also
i u dated
pa ts
of
Rou kela.

E gi ee -i -chief
i
the
Wate
Resou ces
Depa tme t,
Dilip
Kuma
Rout
uled
out
the
possibility
of
a y
majo
flood
i
the
state.

He
said
a
flood
situatio
may
eme ge
because
of
some
swelli g
ive s
such
as
Sala di
a d
Jalaka.

Rout
said
the
wate
level
of
Jalaka
Rive
has
i c eased
steadily
a d
c ossed
the
da ge
ma k
at
Matha i
i
Basta
block
of
Balaso e
dist ict
due
to
heavy
ai fall
i
Mayu bha j.

A eas
like
Rasagobi dapu ,
Mo ada,
Siliapada,
a d
Chit ada
i
Mayu bha j
also
expe ie ced
heavy
dow pou
a d
floodi g
i
some
a eas,
the
official
said.

Reve ue
Disaste
Ma ageme t
Mi iste
Su esh
Puja i
said
the
situatio
wo se ed
as
the
state
wit essed
back-to-back
low
p essu e-i duced
ai fall
i
the
last
12
days.

“The
flood
situatio
eme gi g
i
the
u ba
a eas
due
to
the
ai fall
is
a
matte
of
g ave
co ce .
While
it
poses
a
th eat
to
the
livelihood
of
city
eside ts,
the
gove me t’s
i actio
is
causi g
eve
g eate
fea
amo g
the
people,”
BJD
p eside t
Navee
Pat aik
said
i
a
social
media
post.

“Odisha
had
ea ed
a
ame
fo
itself
by
fi mly
co f o ti g
majo
atu al
disaste s
day
afte
day,
yet
this
(BJP)
gove me t
is
faili g
eve
i
ma agi g
ai wate
i
u ba
a eas,”
the
leade
of
the
oppositio
i
Odisha
Assembly
said.
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