Odisha, Bengal brace for heavy rain; IMD issues yellow alert for Mumbai

India

oi-Deepika S

Mumbai,
Aug
08:
The
India
Meteorological
Department
(IMD)
has
issued
a
yellow
alert
for
Mumbai
for
the
next
four
days,
with
a
possibility
of
heavy
rainfall
at
isolated
places.

Mumbai
will
remain
on
“orange”
alert
from
Monday
till
Wednesday
(August
11).
Neighbouring
Palghar
and
Thane
district
will
also
be
on
‘orange’ alert
during
the
same
period.

In
a
previous
bulletin,
the
IMD
said
Pune,
Ratnagiri,
Raigad
and
Satara
will
remain
on
‘red’
alert
on
Monday.
Apart
from
Mumbai,
the
coastal
cities
of
Navsari
and
Valsad
in
Gujarat;
Udupi,
Dakshina
Kannada
and
Uttara
Kannada
in
Karnataka,
and
several
districts
of
Odisha,
Telangana,
Chhattisgarh,
Andhra
Pradesh
will
be
on
orange
alert
in
the
coming
week.

Odisha,
Bengal
brace
for
heavy
rain
as
depression
looms

Odisha
and
neighbouring
West
Bengal
are
likely
to
receive
heavy
rainfall
over
the
next
two
to
three
days,
due
to
a
depression
that
is
set
to
take
shape
over
the
Bay
of
Bengal,
the
Met
office
said.

A
low
pressure
area,
which
formed
on
Saturday,
concentrated
into
a
well-marked
system
over
the
northwest
Bay
of
Bengal,
off
the
coasts
of
Odisha
and
northern
Andhra
Pradesh.
It
is
expected
to
intensify
into
a
depression
during
the
next
48
hours
and
move
northwestwards
across
Odisha
and
Chhattisgarh,
the
Bhubaneswar
Meteorological
Centre
said.

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rains:
Kerala
govt
warns
against
spread
of
contagious
diseases

A
‘red
alert’ denoting
extremely
heavy
rainfall
of
over
200
mm
has
been
issued
for
some
places
in
Kalahandi
and
Rayagada
districts
till
Monday
morning,
the
Met
office
said.

The
weather
system
is
also
likely
to
bring
in
its
wake
downpour
in
the
parched
Gangetic
West
Bengal,
which
witnessed
46
per
cent
rainfall
deficiency
during
this
monsoon,
from
June
1
till
date,
it
said.
Fishermen
have
been
advised
not
to
venture
off
the
coast
till
Thursday
morning,
as
squally
weather
with
wind
speed
of
45-55
kmph
and
gusting
up
to
65
kmph
is
very
likely
over
northwestern
Bay
of
Bengal.

The weatherman issued an ‘orange warning’ of heavy to very heavy rain in the districts of Khurda, Puri, Rayagada, Kalahandi, Gajapati, Ganjam, Nayagarh, Kandhamal, Nabarangpur, Malkangiri and Koraput for Monday.

Torrential
rain
is
also
likely
to
occur
at
a
few
places
in
Cuttack,
Balasore,
Bhadrak,
Bolangir,
Boudh,
Angul,
Dhenkanal,
Jajpur,
Jagatsinghpur,
Kendrapara
and
Subarnapur.
Extremely
heavy
rainfall
is
a
possibility
in
some
areas
of
Bargarh,
Sambalpur,
Deogarh
and
Keonjhar
on
Tuesday.

It
may
trigger
flash
floods,
landslides
or
mudslides
in
vulnerable
hilly
areas,
and
cause
damage
to
susceptible
roads
and
houses,
the
Met
office
stated.

Red
alert
in
10
districts
of
Kerala
due
to
heavy
rains

Isolated
very
heavy
rain
is
likely
in
the
south
Bengal
districts
on
August
9
and
10,
it
said.
The
weatherman
has
forecast
heavy
to
very
heavy
rain
in
the
coastal
districts
of
South
24
Parganas
and
Purba
Medinipur,
while
the
other
districts
in
Gangetic
West
Bengal
are
likely
to
receive
heavy
rainfall
during
the
period,
the
Met
office
added.