By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: After witnessing a flood-like state of affairs in its coastal area attributable to incessant rain within the final week, Odisha is bracing for a sequence of cyclonic circulations over the Bay of Bengal which will set off heavy rains throughout the state throughout the subsequent ten days.
Director of Centre for Environment and Climate (CEC) at SOA University, Sarat Chandra Sahu, on Sunday, mentioned the cyclonic circulations are transferring westwards to the Bay of Bengal from the South China Sea via Myanmar and Thailand.
“Numerical models indicate that a series of cyclonic circulations and low-pressure areas — all remnants of South China Sea systems — are likely to form over the Bay in the next few days,” Sahu mentioned.
He mentioned one among these cyclonic circulations presently lies over northwest Bay and it might trigger average to heavy rainfall in most elements of the state until September 23. Heavy rain is anticipated to happen between September 20 and 22 in elements of 19 districts.
The districts are Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Khurda, Cuttack, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Jajpur, Sundargarh, Sonepur, Boudh, Deogarh, Sambalpur, Bargarh, Balangir, Kandhamal, Dhenkanal and Angul.
Apart from this, one other cyclonic circulation may additionally floor on September 24 resulting in the formation of a low-pressure space on September 25 and a melancholy on September 26 over the northwest Bay of Bengal. It might set off heavy precipitation on September 26 and 27 over coastal and adjoining districts and cross north Odisha coast over Bhadrak district, the CEC director mentioned.
Moreover, he mentioned, one other cyclonic circulation might develop on September 26 over northeast Bay of Bengal and switch right into a low-pressure space on September 28. It will trigger heavy rainfall in coastal and adjoining districts between September 28 and 30. After this, the system might cross the Balasore coast as a melancholy on September 29.
Sahu warned that the system might result in a flood-like state of affairs.
IMD officers, who’ve predicted mild to average rainfall in elements of Odisha until September 23, nevertheless, mentioned the formation of cyclonic circulation throughout monsoon is regular and it might final all through the season.
Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre Director HR Biswas mentioned the cyclonic circulations often happen because of the monsoon traps and it might type at any time throughout the season.
The IMD has forecast heavy rainfall in elements of Keonjhar, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Bargarh, Nuapada and Balangir on September 20.
Accordingly, Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) PK Jena has requested the collectors involved to carefully monitor the state of affairs and take crucial measures.
The warning for fishermen for the following 5 days, nevertheless, is nil.
