With heavy rainfall disrupting normal life, Cyclonic circulations in Bay of Bengal intensifies

NewsBharati    13-Aug-2018
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Bhubaneswar, August 13: With the weather showing no remorse on the states, the cyclonic circulation in the Bay of Bengal has been notified to intensify. The MeT Department has asked fishermen who have ventured into the sea to return to coast owing to a cyclonic circulation which may intensify into a low pressure in the Bay of Bengal.

 

It said a cyclonic circulation in northwest Bay of Bengal along the Odisha coast is likely to intensify into a low pressure by today. Fishermen have been advised to return to the coast and not to venture into the sea along and off West Bengal and Odisha coasts till August 15.

Heavy and incessant rainfall led to the rise in water level in several rivers. The normal life was disrupted mainly in the capital city of Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and the seaside pilgrim town of Puri due to continuous rain and waterlogging in low-lying areas that snapped road links in several places.

Bhubaneswar Met office in a release said heavy to very heavy rain and thundershowers will continue to occur at as many as 11 districts in southern, western, coastal and heavy rainfall at interior districts of Odisha during next 24 hours. With heavy rainfall, the sea condition is likely to be rough to very rough and fishermen have been advised not to venture into the sea.

The Meteorological department has forecast heavy rain in East and West Midnapore, South and North 24 Parganas and Jhargram districts during the next two days. While the rainfall is likely to be very heavy in the districts of West and East Midnapore, Purulia and Jhargram, it may be heavy in the other districts of south Bengal, including Kolkata. Met department forecast heavy to very heavy rain in Gangetic West Bengal owing to a low-pressure area over northwest Bay of Bengal.

The scientist at the department, Charan Singh said, heavy rain will occur in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Odisha, Coastal Karnataka, Chhattisgarh and northeastern states among others. Singh also said the Monsoon is at its peak, with several states having received good rainfall.