Cyclonic circulation over Bay of Bengal flashes heavy rainfall disrupting normal life in WB and Odisha

Bhubaneswar, August 7: Drooling under heavy rainfall the situation in the eastern belt of India has reached a severe level with the need for immense assistance. Heavy rainfall lashed many parts of Odisha due to a cyclonic circulation over Northwest Bay of Bengal off Gangetic West Bengal and North Odisha Coast. Due to this impact, many parts of Odisha and West Bengal have been severely affected.

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.

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 western districts in the state have been receiving heavy rain since Sunday evening and towns like Bankura and Asansol woke up to flooded roads and other low-lying areas, hampering normal life on the first day of the week.

The weather system is likely to move west-northwestward and may cause fairly widespread to widespread rainfall with isolated heavy rain over Chhattisgarh during next 36 hours, Madhya Pradesh from today till 9th of August and over Rajasthan and Gujarat during 8th August to 10th August.