Low pressure: Heavy rainfall to lash north, south Odisha

Odisha Sun Times Bureau
Bhubaneswar, Sep 7:

The low pressure area formed over Gangetic West Bengal and north-west Bay of Bengal is heading towards Jharkhand. Under its influence, north and south Odisha would experience heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted.

Rainfall/thundershowers are likely to occur at most places over the districts of north Odisha and at many places over south Odisha in the next 24 hours, the local meteorological centre forecasted, adding that heavy to very heavy rainfall would occur at one or two places over the districts of north Odisha and heavy rainfall likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of south Odisha.

In the last 24 hours, highest rainfall of 110 mm has been recorded at Tiring in Mayurbhanj, followed by 70 mm in Bhogarai, 64.6 mm in Baripada, 50 mm in Rajghat and 45.6 mm in Phulbani.