CEC predicts heavy rainfall in Odisha as LOPAR to intensify into Depression on Thursday

Bhubaneswar, May 27 -- A low-pressure area formed over the north-west Bay of Bengal off the Odisha coast on Tuesday is likely to intensify into a depression on Thursday, the Centre for Environment and Climate (CEC) here said.

The system is likely to move in a north-easterly direction along the Odisha coast, the CEC bulletin said.

Under the influence of the system, widespread rainfall is expected to occur across the state, but heavy to very heavy precipitation may occur in the coastal and northern districts.

The high intensity of rainfall is likely to be experienced between May 28 to 30 over the districts of Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur,Dhenkanal, Angul, Sundargarh, Deogarh, Khurda, Cuttack, Kendrapara,Jagatsinghpur, Pu...