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The India Meteorological Department has forecast very heavy rainfall for Odisha’s Mayurbhanj and Balasore districts, issuing an orange alert as a fresh low-pressure system takes hold from August 29.
Nineteen other districts across the state have been placed under a yellow warning, with the IMD flagging isolated pockets of very heavy rain over the coming days.
The rain spell is expected to peak between August 29 and September 1, with active weather over Odisha likely to continue through September 2 as the system tracks across the region.
The IMD has cautioned that districts under the orange alert face a high risk of waterlogging, localised flooding and disrupted road travel during this period.
Odisha has faced multiple rounds of heavy rain this monsoon season, with low-pressure systems repeatedly forming over the Bay of Bengal and moving into the state.
Uttarakhand has been placed under a heavy rain warning with thunderstorms and lightning, and the IMD has forecast very heavy rainfall in the hill state between August 31 and September 1.
In contrast, Delhi-NCR, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra have no subdivision-level severe weather warnings for the day, with Delhi expected to see a maximum temperature of around 36 degrees Celsius and a minimum near 26 degrees Celsius.
Tamil Nadu and Puducherry have been placed under a thunderstorm and lightning warning as the wider weather system continues to move across the country.
The active rain spell over Odisha is expected to continue through September 2, with the heaviest rainfall in the state forecast between August 29 and September 1.
Authorities in the affected districts have been advised to remain on alert given the risk of waterlogging, localised flooding and disrupted travel during the peak of the rain spell.
The fresh low-pressure system driving the current spell is the latest in a series of such systems to affect eastern and central India during this year’s monsoon season.
Photo by McKay Savage, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 (representative monsoon rain image)
