Heavy Rain In Odisha As Low Pressure In Bay Of Bengal Becomes Deep Depression
NDTV
Odisha received heavy rainfall due to the prevailing weather conditions, with the state capital Bhubaneswar witnessing a record rainfall of 259.2 mm in the last 24 hours till 8.30 am on Tuesday.
Odisha received heavy rain as a well-marked low pressure area in the Bay of Bengal first intensified into a depression and later into a deep depression today, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
The weather office said that rough sea conditions will prevail and warned fishermen against venturing into the sea till Wednesday afternoon.
The depression over the northeastern Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards at a speed of 25 kmph, intensifying into a deep depression, and lay centred around 160 km east-southeast of Khepupara in Bangladesh and 420 km east of Digha in West Bengal, the IMD said in its bulletin.
